Boeing 737 crashes during take-off in Senegal
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#2https://avherald.com/h?article=51867a11
> the crew rejected takeoff due to a hydraulic defect but veered left off the runway. The aircraft came to a stop on soft ground next to the Presidential Pavillion (about 2000 meters/6000 feet down the runway), the left wing briefly caught fire. All occupants evacuated via slides
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#3That's a -300, an old model that predates the modern production issues.
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#4> injuring 11 people, four of them severely
(no fatalities)
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#5As ever, best to wait and see. Pilot error is a thing, poor maintenance is a thing. This isn’t the MAX variant Boring has had so much trouble with.
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#6Can the BBC reign in its news headline writers and reverse a fairly recent (5-10 years?) policy of juicing up what was 'unbiased' news? But in fact, I have a rose-tinted view of the BBC so I should just reign in my reactions instead.
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#7That's a -300, an old model that predates the modern production issues.
More specifically, it's nearly 30 years old, will have been through thousands of flight cycles and multiple rebuilds, and the limited available information suggests an issue with an engine (i.e something which will have been designed, overhauled and refitted by organizations unrelated to Boeing)
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#8Sigh, something that would be much less likely to even make it to HN if not for the fact that everyone is hungry to find the next thread to post their pre-canned “damn MBAs!!” rant on. It’s not a Max.
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#9Very likely a maintenance-related issue, given the age of the plane.
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#10As ever, best to wait and see. Pilot error is a thing, poor maintenance is a thing. This isn’t the MAX variant Boring has had so much trouble with.
Ironic to see this considering planes could land and takeoff by themselves since 60's and the only reason why it's not all of them that can do this is because of greed.