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Year 2024 ends on bad note for Boeing with twin 737-800 disasters on same day
- loloquwowndueo 2y agoBoth planes are fairly old (24 years for the KLM, 15 for the one in Korea) so this is more likely a bad maintenance issue than an “omg Boeing quality control sucks recently” one.
- magicstefanos 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Boeing_737 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incident...
- loloquwowndueo 2y agoI have no idea what your wall of text is supposed to imply or mean.
- owebmaster 2y agoIsn't Boeing also involved in the maintenance part?
- loloquwowndueo 2y agoNot necessarily. Manufacturer recommends maintenance procedure but airlines can vary them, see American Airlines 191. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_191 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_191
- xeonmc 2y agoBoth belly landing, but what a big difference it makes between having a completely unnecessary concrete-reinforced mound perfectly positioned at the end of the runway[0] vs not having such an obstacle. [0] https://youtu.be/w1r8dl4RqMw?si=taZ5WmIcTH2ZGVci&t=187 https://youtu.be/w1r8dl4RqMw?si=taZ5WmIcTH2ZGVci&t=187
- dogma1138 2y agoYeah that’s an odd one, barricades are usually only used if there is a risk of the aircraft going off the runway and hitting something that can actually have people in it like a building or a highway… It’s not uncommon to have these at the end of the runway but it’s the first time I’ve seen one that seems to be solely to protect the ILS antennas… I will correct myself I’ve seen arresting walls like this protecting non-human life endangering equipment on military runways where a loss of a single aircraft and either a single pilot or a crew can be less significant than the operational degradation of the airfield. I actually wonder if there is some requirement in South Korea to harden civilian airfields due to their likely dual use in case of a conflict.