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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I don't understand why so much American media is blaming the airline for this, wasn't it Boeing's fault?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Doesn't the airline still need to inspect and maintain the planes after purchase?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but these are likely coming loose due to vibrations over many flights. Other airlines did an inspection after this news broke and found similar problems. Alaska was just the first to run into issues from it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Doesn't that confirm it's the airline's responsibility then? Things wear down after using them a lot. That's why owners (airlines) need to maintain them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

IIRC Alaska Airlines knew the plane had issues and decided to keep flying it anyway.

So yes, it's Boeing's fault the plane's door blew off, but Alaska Airlines also deserves blame for continuing to fly a plane that was reporting issues with the door hatch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

The plane was 10 weeks old...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

It’s not the first time Alaska’s shoddy maintenance practices caused an incident. At least this one didn’t kill 88 people like the last one. https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/the-price-of-an-hour-the-crash-of-alaska-airlines-flight-261-c797a7c3d90d

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Media gonna media