Delta Air Lines jet was due to depart Atlanta international airport and none of the crew or passengers were hurt

Because Boeing were on such a good streak already…

  • Augustiner@lemmy.worldEnglish
    891·
    2 years ago

    Working for Boeings PR department must be absolute madness right now… imagine having to somehow excuse all those fuck ups and every week there is a new one

  • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    2 years ago

    Maybe Delta should’ve gotten the input of the focus group from I Think You Should Leave when trying to determine what they should do with their maintenance dollars.

  • Shadywack@lemmy.worldEnglish
    171·
    2 years ago

    The old saying, “If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going”, it just needs slightly tweaked to be accurate today XD

    • derf82@lemmy.worldEnglish
      181·
      2 years ago

      In fairness, the 757 was designed when Boeing was still engineering focused and is one of the best commercial aircraft ever produced. This airframe, N672DL, is 32 years old, so it was almost certainly an issue with Delta’s maintenance. It was also quickly repaired and returned to service the next day.

      No one was criticizing Airbus when one of their aircraft was found the other day missing fasteners before a flight: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/nyc-bound-flight-canceled-passenger-31941807.amp

      • Shadywack@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        All kidding aside, the passenger experience is a lot better anyway. Overhead storage bins on the newer airbus planes is a hell of a lot better, not to mention the infotainment systems that airlines seem to opt for. The way they integrate and function vs the Boeing dreamliners is a pretty stark contrast.

        • kingthrillgore@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          I dunno, the 777ER is a great long distance plane, but the A320 is also a good experience. I really think Boeing fucked up with keeping that old workhorse the 737 around at the behest of pilots and customers. Especially since the 777 is (knocking on wood) as safe as it gets, no hull losses from internal factors as of today.

          Boeing’s mismanagement is not just a 737 problem: It’s a USA problem, they are the ones that make our jets, missiles, and manage our first strike capacity. These are things that much like our planes, cannot fail. EVER.

  • pachrist@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    2 years ago

    On some Boeing aircraft, the nose wheel will actually come off when the autopilot system overcompensates during takeoff and crashes the plane straight into the ground. There were aome small news stories about it a few years back.

  • Fedizen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    is this a new plane or is delta shirking on maintenance (delta’s fleet is one of the oldest)

    • AirlineF0od@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      2 years ago

      This is an older plane. The last 757 was produced around 2004, so they’re 20 years old now. That said, I absolutely love this airframe there an absolute pleasure to fly. The Delta configuration has bathrooms in three spots on the plane. I’m fairly certain the fuselage is a little bit wider than a 737 so you get a little bit more room in the aisle AND there’s more exit row seating. The 757 has an interesting wing design to improve efficiency. It’s like partially super critical or something. Maybe somebody else can add on to that.

      I remember flying the 757 a from Seattle to Detroit during covid and it was basically completely empty. It’s a bummer were going to see them start going away.

  • kingthrillgore@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    I feel uncomfortable as a taxpayer having inadvertently supported Boeing and they are literally falling apart.

    You think Airbus is gonna expand its capacity to build even more planes?

    • Synapse@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      According the Airbus themselves, they finished 2023 with a backlog of 8598 orders, and they delivered 735 planes that same year. They are occupied for years ahead and it’s probably not so simple to increase production.

      Edit: the source: Orders and deliveries / airbus.com