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Boeing jet loses parts of the wing in flight!
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: wraper on March 16, 2024, 12:09:19 am ---LOL, https://nypost.com/2024/03/15/us-news/boeing-737-loses-external-panel-mid-flight/
Boeing 737-800 loses external panel mid-flight
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Too busy making TikToks?
https://www.tiktok.com/@united/video/7243901326441106730?lang=en
VK3DRB:
--- Quote from: Homer J Simpson on March 12, 2024, 01:45:27 am ---
Boeing whistleblower found dead in US
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68534703
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Notice "self inflicted" was in quotes. Boeing puts profit ahead of safety. It is quite possible there was a contract out on him.
SiliconWizard:
I'm seeing more and more "whistleblowers" getting medical certificates to prove they are in perfect health, both physical and mental. ::)
Just a thought, for those who have something inconvenient to say.
tom66:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 16, 2024, 10:35:42 pm ---I'm seeing more and more "whistleblowers" getting medical certificates to prove they are in perfect health, both physical and mental. ::)
Just a thought, for those who have something inconvenient to say.
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If a whistleblower really wants to be safe they should agree with a lawyer to release the encryption key to an archive that is publicly available in the event of their death.
Within that archive could contain everything they were prepared to document and release.
The loss of the archive isn't an issue, given the archive is publicly available beforehand in encrypted form.
Keeping the key with a trusted third party who remains anonymous until the release date creates additional security.
There should not be any particular risk to the lawyer since they are just releasing a 128-bit number which happens to decrypt that archive on the instruction of their now-deceased client. They did not create the archive, they just released the password to access it.
jpanhalt:
@wraper
If that's a picture of where the missing panel came off, notice that the quarter turn fasteners ("zeus fasteners") are still attached to the bulkhead. Those Phillips head parts should be attached to the panel, not where they are. That implies that they pulled through the panel -- perhaps due to excessive wear.
The way the aft skin is bent, it might have interfered with a down elevator, but I suspect the normal control on that airplane would not have been impeded much. Binding in the elevator is not good in any event.
I had assumed from the news that it was simply a missing inspection panel that had not been fastened properly.
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