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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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[–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Any regulatory agencies that enforce this sort of stuff being defunded, understaffed, or de-toothed in the last 4-8 years?

That's what this smells like, and we should really be getting ourselves ready for more of this in other industries.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I don't know about the regulatory side, but Boeing gutted their experienced engineering corps starting about 10 years ago. In the pursuit of profit of course. I think we're seeing the effects of that finally coming to the fore.

    My understanding of the role of the regulatory agencies for stuff like this is that they can ground a model of plane if they believe there's a systemic issue. Like we saw with the MAX.

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