'We all felt a kind of a bump, jolt': Engine cover rips open as Southwest flight takes off from DIA
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An engine cover on a Boeing 737 operated by Southwest Airlines ripped open just after taking off from Denver International Airport Sunday.

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  • article title update, bump not bomb jolt’
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DENVER — An engine cover on a Boeing 737 operated by Southwest Airlines ripped open just after taking off from Denver International Airport Sunday morning.

The Houston-bound Southwest flight took off from DIA around 7:45 a.m., and returned to the airport 30 minutes later, landing safely. No injuries were reported.

  • @TokenBoomer
    1•6 months ago

    No, it’s not. If I asked you to get on a plane that had a 1 in 3 chance of crashing, would you?

    Statistically, you’d be fine. The absolute risk of a plane crash may be minimal. But if you are on a plane that is crashing, that is little consolation. That is what the commenter was pointing out. It is a valid presumption.

    If you were on a crashing plane, would you be statistically fine?

    • @[email protected]English
      1•6 months ago

      No of course not. Noone is arguing that the statistics will protect the you, only (effectively) that it’s such a rare occurrence that you might as well just assume youll be fine.

      Saying “well some people weren’t fine!” Is a silly point. Noone is denying plane crashes occur.

      • @TokenBoomer
        1•6 months ago

        Everybody who has ever died in a plane crash was also, statistically, going to be fine.

        The comment you are disputing

        Noone is arguing that the statistics will protect you.

        It relays that way. The other commenters said they don’t understand statistics, and statistics don’t work that way.

        Saying “well some people weren’t fine!” Is a silly point.

        Then why are you disputing the comment. There isn’t anything untrue or illogical in that comment. I’m genuinely scared that there are people in here that don’t understand that if you are in a crashing plane, you’re not worried about statistics. Frightening, actually.

        • @[email protected]English
          1•6 months ago

          The comment you are disputing

          Incorrect. The comment I was responding to was about the down votes being “scary.” I’m not disputing their claim, I said it was a dumb point. It’s like challenging someone who says it’s a waste of money to play the lotto by pointing to the fact that some people have won.

          It’s true that some people have won. But its still a bad point. We are talking about the ridiculously rare exception as if it’s really worth considering.

          • @TokenBoomer
            1•6 months ago

            Everyday there are thousands of Boeing flights that go off without a hitch. It’s still statically completely unlikely that anything bad will happen to you on a Boeing flight. So much so that it’s probably not even worth worrying about at all.

            But this isn’t to say that we should just let their bs slide. This is exactly why flying is so safe: we are sticklers for making sure they do everything right. If that’s going in the opposite direction, we should nip it in the bud long before it gets anywhere close to the point where you should question the safety of it.

            But, again, we aren’t even remotely close to that now. It makes no logical sense to be afraid of flying right now, even on a Boeing jet. And I would like to keep it that way which is why I think their issues need to be addressed.

            Like I said, frightening.

            • @[email protected]English
              1•6 months ago

              I don’t follow. Even with Boeings current struggles, it’s still ridiculously safe to fly. Saying “some people have died!” in response to someone pointing out this fact - in response to someone expressing concern about the safety of flying - doesn’t make any sense, regardless of the fact that we agree it should be addressed.