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minus-squareDremor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down4·2 days agoWell, that’s a Boeing, so a small percentage of crashes are to be expected.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 days agoThey were built so long ago that it was back when Boeing’s engineering reputation was good.
minus-squareDremor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days 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.
minus-squareAtropos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoSome of them are designed to not crash at all!
minus-squareGormadt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 days agoAnd the fronts don’t even fall off!
Well, that’s a Boeing, so a small percentage of crashes are to be expected.
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.
Some of them are designed to not crash at all!
And the fronts don’t even fall off!