Posted on 03/12/2024 2:35:32 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
You’d think Boeing’s already miserable 2024 couldn’t get any worse. But on Monday, a 787 Dreamliner plunged suddenly mid-flight, injuring dozens of passengers, after a pilot said he temporarily lost control of the aircraft.
The pilot was able to recover and land the plane safely, but it’s not yet clear what caused the LATAM flight from Australia to New Zealand to fall so dramatically. LATAM called it a “technical event.”
The company’s nonstop streak of bad news began the first weekend of the year, when part of an Alaska Airlines 737 Max blew off the side of the plane just after takeoff. A preliminary federal investigation revealed that Boeing probably did not put the bolts in the so-called door plug that are designed to prevent the part from blowing off the plane.
In February, pilots on a United Airlines 737 Max reported that the flight controls jammed as the plane landed in Newark. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. Two weeks ago, the Federal Aviation Administration flagged safety issues with the de-icing equipment on 737 Max and 787 Dreamliner models that could cause engines to lose thrust.
Then, last week, Boeing got more bad news: The NTSB said Boeing has not yet provided the company’s records documenting the steps taken on the assembly line for the door plug replacement on the Alaska Airlines jet. Boeing’s reason: Those records don’t actually exist…
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
STILL no detail on the ‘technical event’.
smh
And, btw, it didn’t start in 2018, but in 2010. Sadly, the feds colluded with Boeing to shut down the whistleblowers about the 737NG production problems and nothing changed.
The events in the news today are a direct result of the trajectory on which Boeing CHOSE to remain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaWdEtANi-0
It is in Wichita, not Tulsa, I think.
“Is McDonnell Douglas management running Boeing these days?”
Not sure if that’s a rhetorical question, but yes. Boeing and McDonnell Douglas merged and MDD management is running(ruining) the company.
Elon needs a #2. Bill Gates had that in Steve Ballmer. But Ballmer wasn't quite the visionary Gates was. But he kept things running.
DEI in corporate managements is driven by HR departments and legal. They get positions on the board of directors and influence management and the entire corporate structure.
DEI does not exist in accounting any more than it does in engineering.
As to people holding MBA degrees. Those people may have undergraduate degrees in accounting, engineering, or something else and such a degree is not a determining factor in DEI.
“DEI in corporate managements is driven by HR departments and legal. ...
“DEI does not exist in accounting any more than it does in engineering.”
DEI does exist in accounting and engineering due to the dictates of the HR Departments.
Hubby has a Masters in Engineering, and a PhD in Physics. He retired early due to the influx of Political Correctness. (Pre the terms, “woke”, “DEI”, etc.) The company had hired an incompetent black chick to run one of the labs and she destroyed it. Instead of having to deal with the legal chaos of firing her ass and hiring a competent person, they CLOSED THE LAB.
I hope and pray that DEI and Wokedom meet their just rewards soon.
If Disney's and AB InBev's financial problems and the military's recruitment problems weren't a wake-up call, perhaps airplanes falling from the sky thanks to Boeing and United will get the message across.
Sabotage. Take down American companies.
Tulsa has it too
If CNN is reporting it, that means it’s time to buy Boeing stock.
PBS Frontline Update on the door that blew out.
Begins at 45:26
https://youtu.be/Z76YpCz9N2Y?si=8WOOiOvreNoH31S8&t=2726
PBS Newshour Report
Boeing remains on the hot seat over questions about its production processes. The head of the National Transportation Safety Board told lawmakers her investigators still don’t know who worked on the door panel that blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight. Meanwhile, NYT reported Boeing and a key supplier failed a number of audits. Aviation correspondent Miles O’Brien spoke on what went wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZDNxzXn5DI
New details emerge in case of Alaska Airlines plane where door plug blew out
The NTSB said Boeing is blocking it from getting all the information it needs.
The NTSB said Boeing is blocking it from getting all the information it needs.
It is not simple.
The govt wants to know everything about you. Do you think they need that?
regarding the article, there is a lot we don’t know.
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