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Alaska Airlines grounds 737 Max 9 planes after section blows out mid-air (www.bbc.com)

submitted 10 months ago by TheDudeV2@lemmy.ca to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] Domiku@beehaw.org 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hopefully it’s not a deeper issue with the plane design, but Boeing really can’t catch a break with this model.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 10 months ago

It sounds like a "there isn't a single corner that wasn't cut from design to manufacturing to QA" problem. They should give the management board another bonus.