One of the engines on a Boeing 737 caught fire just before takeoff

[BrothaZay]

its the former to cut costs they lobbied politicians lower inspection needs. shyt is insane

Let me see a link

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

it's an old ass plane in general so things like that are gonna happen. it's just good they weren't in the air yet.

 

[AtomicUse]

It ain't got nothing to do with unqualified people. The whistleblower told us they were taking parts from the trash and using dish detergent as lubricant to cut corners already lol.

They use dish detergent to move bridges, Boeing said why not a plane.

 

[Renegade47]

Let me see a link

Before the Boeing Disaster, the Company Lobbied Lawmakers to Deregulate Airplane Safety

Despite allegations of “excessive” defects ahead of the recent Boeing disaster, the company and its parts supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, used their deep pockets to lobby Washington to reduce safety regulations.

jacobin.com

 

[3rdWorld]

Happens a lot more than people think..it's just not reported mostly.

 

[MajesticLion]

It's a decades old arrangement known as "delegation" - that allows federal agencies to give oversight powers to the companies they regulate...

Emphasis mine.

 

[the elastic]

Was Soul Plane Boeing?

 

[tuckgod]

Umm I would refuse to do that shyt as a worker. If they fire me for not working as directed I'll sue them but no way in the world am I able to sleep at night that I even caused a 1% chance that caused a plan crash.

You’ll be able to put your great great grand chirren through college off that lawsuit

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

At this rate you might as well book a flight on crop duster or blimp. shyt getting spooky.

 

[Amo Husserl]

...ugh, we here...

 

[O.T.I.S.]

That stock drop

 

[Mike Nasty]

Boeing doesn't make the engines

 

[Black Trash!]

One got to blow up or crash into a populated area before they face consequences

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

You’ll be able to put your great great grand chirren through college off that lawsuit

Not if they kill you first for being a whistleblower like they did the other dude

 

[Theo Penn]

Might be time to look at airlines that use planes made by competitors like Airbus. If you want to avoid Boeing planes for your travels, here are some options I found online:

In the US
Spirit, Frontier, and Allegiant are Airbus-only. JetBlue and Breeze are also Boeing-free (only Airbus and Embraer planes).

Europe
EasyJet, Wizz Air, Vueling, Eurowings. Many of the biggest European airlines (Air France, Lufthansa, etc.) only have widebody/long-range Boeing planes;

International
Most of the big Euro carriers (Air France, KLM, Lufthansa, Turkish, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic) have at least some Boeing widebodies. There are still some trans-Atlantic airlines that don't, but you may be limited in your itinerary choices:

• ⁠Most notable is Italy's ITA Airways, which is the successor to Alitalia and is Airbus-only. Convenient if you're going to Italy.
• ⁠Iberia (Spain) and TAP (Portugal) have decently sized all-Airbus fleets
• ⁠SAS (the big Scandinavian airline) and Finnair are Boeing-free
• ⁠French Bee only flies the Airbus A350, but they also only have 6 planes and only fly to LA, SF, Newark, and Miami, and only to Paris.