Sandro Linux to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months agoAn engine cover rips off a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, forcing an emergency landingwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1273arrow-down17
arrow-up1266arrow-down1external-linkAn engine cover rips off a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, forcing an emergency landingwww.businessinsider.comSandro Linux to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-square@invno1@lemmy.onelinkfedilink1•6 months agoThis is a maintenance issue with the airline, not a manufacturing issue. Big difference. A mechanic doing routine maintaine probably forgot to latch the cowling.
minus-square@huginn@feddit.itlinkfedilink2•6 months agoDefinitely - that’s why I’m saying this has always been a constant background level of fuckups. Airplanes are so scrutinized and safe that this level of casual negligence rarely causes issues.
This is a maintenance issue with the airline, not a manufacturing issue. Big difference. A mechanic doing routine maintaine probably forgot to latch the cowling.
Definitely - that’s why I’m saying this has always been a constant background level of fuckups.
Airplanes are so scrutinized and safe that this level of casual negligence rarely causes issues.