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Boeing jet loses parts of the wing in flight!
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SiliconWizard:
Check your seats!

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68580950
BrianHG:
I like the line, Boing (deliberate misspelling) in my attached video above: 'Dish soap and hotel key cards were used on parts of Boing planes.'  from the audit which analyzed Max737 production.

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/boeing-jet-loses-parts-of-the-wing-in-flight!/msg5394794/#msg5394794

Better yet, Aljazeera's undercover recording at Boing's assembly plant where the engineers said they would not fly on a Boing plane unless they had a death-wish.
jpanhalt:
I didn't know airliners had ejection seats for the pilots. 

Seems like an awfully dumb thing to have active during flight or even when the seat is occupied.  I can understand the need for some way to move the seat far forward to access something under or behind it.
vad:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 17, 2024, 12:41:06 am ---Check your seats!

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68580950

--- End quote ---

Boeing could be responsible for this accident as they designed the switch and positioned it where a flight attendant could accidentally turn it on, without pilots being able to stop the seat movement before activating the plane's controls.

However, Airbus's side-stick controls are even more dangerous and prone to accidental activation than Boeing’s traditional yoke controls. I do not recall outcry when a similar accident happened with an Airbus A330, which plunged 4,400 feet due to the pilot's DSLR camera accidentally jamming the side-stick:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4197046/amp/Plane-plunged-4-400ft-captain-s-camera-stuck-controls.html
coppercone2:
can't they make a hole for them to jump out of on the bottom of the plane? Like a 45 degree pipe that extends out so they slide down with parachutes
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