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minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·13 days ago787-8 isn’t “very old”
minus-squareWalican132@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·13 days agoI mean it was 12 years old. That’s old. Any recent issues with Boeing of which there are a ton, shouldn’t reflect on a 12 year old plane.
minus-squarecall_me_xale@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·13 days agoMy dude, there are 30±year-old 737s still flying around.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·13 days agoOP meant the plane’s age predates Boeing’s issues.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·12 days agoExcept it doesn’t, the whistleblowers are from the dreamliner’s construction and claim it takes 10-15 years for manufacturing slop to cause crashes
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·12 days ago12 is not very old for an airliner, they are expected to last for 20-30 ish years. More in some cases with proper maintenance. The air force one planes for example are almost 40.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 days agoMisunderstood you! You meant the plane’s old enough that Boeing’s QC issues are not a likely cause.
A very old one
787-8 isn’t “very old”
I mean it was 12 years old. That’s old. Any recent issues with Boeing of which there are a ton, shouldn’t reflect on a 12 year old plane.
My dude, there are 30±year-old 737s still flying around.
OP meant the plane’s age predates Boeing’s issues.
Except it doesn’t, the whistleblowers are from the dreamliner’s construction and claim it takes 10-15 years for manufacturing slop to cause crashes
12 is not very old for an airliner, they are expected to last for 20-30 ish years.
More in some cases with proper maintenance. The air force one planes for example are almost 40.
Misunderstood you! You meant the plane’s old enough that Boeing’s QC issues are not a likely cause.