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Boeing 737 Max planes are grounded after a hole blew in one mid-flight (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Boeing 737 Max planes are grounded after a hole blew in one mid-flight::The FAA ordered that 171 Boeing 737 Max 9 planes be inspected before they can return to service following the explosive decompression of an Alaska Airlines flight.

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

someone must have actively fucked with this.

Hanlon's Razor says otherwise. I'm going to guess this was because of cut corners. Not someone trying to sabotage an entire line of aircraft.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 36 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think he means an executive was actively cutting corners.

[–] Tosti@feddit.nl 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This is indeed what I meant. I don't think that someone was actively trying to make the plane unsafe, but in the eternal quest for more profit engineers, best practices and safety reports where ignored to make the plane as cheap as possible, resulting in the current ~~flying~~ grounded deathtrap.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

Okay yeah. In that case I agree. I think that still falls more on the side of stupidity than malice, but the line between the two gets blurry when greed is involved

[–] fastandcurious@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If being stupid means killing almost 400 people and endangering thousands, I think it is fair to say that it is not any better than being malicious, also it would be stupid if they didn’t realize the potential flaws, but the fact is they overlooked it, which is not malice, fair enough, but it is definitely a terrible thing to do, far worse than being ‘stupid’

[–] Tosti@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago

Absolutely. Hence my original call for a criminal investigation to see if they indeed accepted the risks knowingly as then they should be held accountable.

Like I think all upper management of big oil that knew what they where doing to the planet should be tried in the Hague for Crimes against humanity. I don't care if they are old and long retired, concentration camp guards are also still tried after all these years.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Hot take: if cutting corners to an entire line of aircraft and sabotaging an entire line of aircraft produce the same results then they deserve the same punishment.

The world would be a lot better place if we let the penny pinchers be at fault for the dangerous situations they keep causing.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Man, imagine how much better the world would be if accountants would face consequences when their decision was to blame?

[–] SuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Or execs.