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[–] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

During the positioning of an airstair, the truck collided against the right, front part of the fuselage, peeling off the Dreamliner's door number 2. No people was hurt neither on the ground or in the aircraft.

Drives truck into plane damaging it

"Well gang, looks like we've got a mystery on our hands!"

(copied my comment from elsewhere this was posted. Total AI slop article.)

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    Huh weird, Boeings haven't lost doors before?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    They should check under the couch cushion.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    't is the season when the boeings shed their doors.

    (btw one collapsed on frankfurt airport a few days ago.)

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    [–] 10 points 5 months ago*

    How can it be puzzling? It has "Boeing" in the title...

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Huh. They just fall apart sitting there on the tarmac. I wonder what the problem might be?

    I seem to remember a few different whistleblowers stepping forward to claim that Boeing was dangerously cutting corners, but then they all died and I didn't hear any more about that.

    Gee... sure is a puzzle...

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    I think those issues were only for specific series like 737-MAX. Dreamliners have a pretty good safety record, except for that one crash in India where everyone except one guy died.

    The one I flew to London was pretty sweet, though. They have a carbon fiber body which allows both a higher cabin pressure and a better ride due to more flexible wings. Very nice lighting and automatic tinting on the windows too.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago*

    Dreamliners had some nightmare problems with their batteries back when they first came out.

    It was the first use of lithium ion chemistry on airplanes. The batteries kept catching on fire. At one point a battery fire started on a taxiway with a plane full of revenue passengers.

    Boeing had to design a heavy, fireproof lock box to contain the batteries. It completely negated the weight savings from using lithium over NiCad and then some.

    They also had a lot of manufacturing problems in the beginning trying to stop the carbon fiber from cracking.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago*

    So the side fell off? The front fell off yesterday..

    https://lemmy.world/post/47751207

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    [–] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I also like hating on Boeing, but this is just a shitty slop article. It was torn off by the airstairs truck.

    https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/571079

    Very baffling indeed...

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago*

    During the positioning of an airstair, the truck collided against the right, front part of the fuselage, peeling off the Dreamliner's door number 2. No people was hurt neither on the ground or in the aircraft.

    Drives truck into plane damaging it

    "Well gang, looks like we've got a mystery on our hands!"

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    The door fell off. That's not very typical, I'd like to make that point.

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