Boeing urges airlines to inspect 787 Max planes for possible loose bolts::Boeing instructed customer airlines to inspect their 787 Max jets for loose bolts, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Thursday. The request comes after the manufacturer discovered two aircraft with missing bolts in the rudder control system, raising concerns about faults across all aircraft. “The issue identified on the particular airplane has been remedied,” Boeing…

  • that guy
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    6311 months ago

    High quality journalism over at the hill. Probably written by AI

    • @[email protected]
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      11 months ago

      Maybe, that could explain this :

      “The 787 Max aircraft has faced significant safety scrutiny since it was removed from service following a spate of autopilot errors after it was deployed in 2018, including one crash that killed nearly 350 people.”

      This sentence makes absolutely no sense. If they are talking about the 737 Max, how can they confuse the MCAS system with the autopilot, and how can they cram 350 people in an aircraft that holds about 200 passengers ?

      • @[email protected]
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        211 months ago

        how can they cram 350 people in an aircraft that holds about 200 passengers

        Ryan air figured this out apparently