Was that the final resolution then; that Boeing were ordered to replace the part, and the crashes stopped happening?
Was there ever a formal investigation into whether Boeing knew the true cause of the rudder hardover, and chose to ignore it and blame other stuff?
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#22Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
Which movie is this quote from? :)
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#23So instead of seriously looking for a problem, Boeing wasted their engineer's time trying to disprove accusations and deflecting blame.
It's too early to say, but Boeing's tactics don't appear to have changed so far.
Here's hoping Being gets their heads out of their asses before more people die - this time.
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#25Any whistle blowers in Boeing who could come out & share facts on how employees of Boeing are reacting to these incidents?
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#26Did Boeing executives go to jail for this disgusting cover up? I hope that the diesel cover-up of Volkswagen and the people that went to jail will motivate governments to pursue criminal charges against Boeing and/or Airbus if similar things happen.
Fighting blame by lying and deflection at the risk of death should be a criminal offense. It's mass murder.
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#27Can't you just stop buying airplanes from them? Edit: Do the downvoters also want to throw the executives in jail for life?
Ah yes, the magical invisible hand of the market will solve this.
Now when going on holidays, I need to be factor in the safety standards of the planes that will be servicing my route.
Or you know, get a government regulator to regulate airplane manufactures like normal countries.
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#28The Wikipedia article on this is also good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_rudder_issues
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#29Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
Which movie is this quote from? :)
The one that first rule prohibits us talking about it.
Re: Rudder issue that plagued the Boeing 737 throughout the 1990s
#30Can't you just stop buying airplanes from them? Edit: Do the downvoters also want to throw the executives in jail for life?
It seems to be a duopoly: Boeing and Airbus. There was Embraer, but Boeing is acquiring (acquired?). There's also Bombardier, but Airbus has some partnership deal with them.