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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

Dude the plane is 13 years old. If there was a mechanical problem with the plane its on Air India, and I say that as a certified Airbus fanboy.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    John Barnett said that the corner cutting during construction would culminate in a crash after 10 to 12 years.

    https://prospect.org/economy/2025-06-12-dreamliner-gave-boeing-manager-nightmares-just-crashed-air-india/

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Why are you idiots even putting me in the position of defending Boeing lmao. Yes I’m aware of all the problems the Dreamliner had, alleged and in practical use. But none of them can explain what happened to the Air India flight.

    The problems Barnett brought to attention don’t give you a double engine rollback immediately after rotation.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    No. Faults often don't get detected early,need certain circumstances (swiss cheese model) or quite simply, are caused by replacement parts. There is a long chain of things that could fall into Boeing responsibility - and even if it doesn't the market does not always react reasonably.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    We will see I suppose. Your last sentence is most certainly true in any case but I will stand by the fact that after 13 years a mechanical problem will much more likely be due to bad maintenance- especially given AIs difficult track record in that regard.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah, absolutely, AI has issues- that's why I narrowed my "Boeings fa**ult" down to electronics/software. There isn't too much maintenance they can fuck up in that department that can kill both engines(afaik). In other parts like fuel,fuel distribution,etc? Totally different.

    My bet is still on sometimes with the fuel, though. Maybe water in the fuel.

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