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Nose wheel falls off Boeing 757 airliner waiting for takeoff (www.theguardian.com)
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Because Boeing were on such a good streak already...

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[–] 79 points 2 years ago (6 children)

The title is "Nose wheel falls off Boeing 757 airliner waiting for takeoff" and that's exactly what happened. That's not clickbait, since it's not deceptive, sensationalized, or otherwise misleading. It's just news.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    You say and yet we both know if the headline was "nose wheel falls off Delta jet waiting to take off" it'd be identically accurate but would mean something else entirely

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    The only reason it's being reported is because of the other Boeing incident. And if they were trying to be accurate, the headline would've read "Nose wheel falls off Delta airplane waiting for takeoff". It's clickbait.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago

    I think you overestimate how much the average traveler who may die when parts fall off cares or is parsing whether it's Boeing's mistake or Delta's. What I'm taking from the headline (we need to get our shit together before a bunch of people die) is different than what you seem to be worried about people taking from the headline.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I'm pretty sure nearly every such incident is reported on in the news.

    Now, is it being spread far more due to everything else going on? Sure. But I don't see why this headline would be weird if nothing else happened with Boeing recently.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    It has been this way for decades. Literally decades. It's not anything to do with making Boeing look bad or good. It's everything to do with the model of plane. Airbus planes back in the day had catastrophic hull failures.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2357502/San-Francisco-plane-crash-Two-dead-tail-snaps-Boeing-777.html

    https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/safety-ops-regulation/first-airbus-a350-hull-loss-after-haneda-runway-incursion

    https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/jl516-tokyo-accident/

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