Sandro Linux@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoAn engine cover rips off a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, forcing an emergency landingwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down17
arrow-up1283arrow-down1external-linkAn engine cover rips off a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, forcing an emergency landingwww.businessinsider.comSandro Linux@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareinvno1@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 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-squarehuginn@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 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.