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minus-squareDremor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down4·il y a 13 joursWell, that’s a Boeing, so a small percentage of crashes are to be expected.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·il y a 13 joursThey were built so long ago that it was back when Boeing’s engineering reputation was good.
minus-squareDremor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·il y a 13 joursWell, 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·il y a 13 joursSome of them are designed to not crash at all!
minus-squareGormadt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·il y a 13 joursAnd 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!