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Boeing: Last Week Tonight (youtu.be)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I wish I knew who made the plane that scared me, I remember it was a Southwest flight, oh, almost 30 years ago now.

I had a seat on the wing and the engine STOPPED. No more pleasant engine noise, just silence.

And I'm like "We're OK, there's more than one engine..."

Then the silence was broken by the sound of them trying (and failing) to re-start the engine...

"Boy, they sure seem intent on re-starting that engine..."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

One of the defining characteristics of Southwest is that they ONLY fly 737s (Boeing). That and their focus on domestic flights helps them offer good rates and low/non-existent fees. I guess their maintenance only has to focus on one plane. However, it seems like they got caught up in Boeing's "737 MAX is the same plane" scam because they fly some of those too and I believe it affected their stock.