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Nose wheel falls off Boeing 757 airliner waiting for takeoff::Delta Air Lines jet was due to depart from Atlanta airport and none of six crew or 184 passengers were hurt

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[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Well there are a lot of these planes going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that planes aren’t safe.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As long as they towed it outside the environment.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Into a different environment.

[–] kambusha@feddit.ch 9 points 1 year ago

Well what sort of engineering standards are these planes built to?

[–] chakan2@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that sarcasm? I really don't know.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Was this plane safe?