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Nose wheel falls off Boeing 757 airliner waiting for takeoff (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 10 months ago by Womble@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Because Boeing were on such a good streak already...

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[โ€“] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Any regulatory agencies that enforce this sort of stuff being defunded, understaffed, or de-toothed in the last 4-8 years?

That's what this smells like, and we should really be getting ourselves ready for more of this in other industries.

[โ€“] Eranziel@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I don't know about the regulatory side, but Boeing gutted their experienced engineering corps starting about 10 years ago. In the pursuit of profit of course. I think we're seeing the effects of that finally coming to the fore.

My understanding of the role of the regulatory agencies for stuff like this is that they can ground a model of plane if they believe there's a systemic issue. Like we saw with the MAX.