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Not looking forward to Boeing paying racist bot farms to go around claiming Indians are too subhuman to properly maintain their totaly not faulty engines.

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[โ€“] Sickos@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh fuck.

Summary:

  • Crashed 5 minutes after takeoff
  • Nose was up but plane wasn't climbing
  • Pilots called a mayday but ATC received no response
  • Ahmedabad, India to London, UK is about half of a 787's range
[โ€“] Jew@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It looks like the emergency wind turbine was deployed, which only comes out if there is a total electrical failure. Mind you, one of the Boeing whistleblowers main claims is shoddy electrical work.