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minus-squareDremor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down2·12 hours agoWell, that’s a Boeing, so a small percentage of crashes are to be expected.
minus-squareAtropos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoSome of them are designed to not crash at all!
minus-squareGormadt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoAnd the fronts don’t even fall off!
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 hours agoThey were built so long ago that it was back when Boeing’s engineering reputation was good.
minus-squareDremor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoWell, unfortunately the current priorities may not be the same as it was then. No matter how well something is built, if the maintenance is bad, you waste all that good engineering.
Well, that’s a Boeing, so a small percentage of crashes are to be expected.
Some of them are designed to not crash at all!
And the fronts don’t even fall off!
They were built so long ago that it was back when Boeing’s engineering reputation was good.
Well, unfortunately the current priorities may not be the same as it was then.
No matter how well something is built, if the maintenance is bad, you waste all that good engineering.