▲ 188 ▼ Not Again: United Airlines Boeing 777 Makes Emergency Landing In Denver (simpleflying.com) submitted 2 years ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 55 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sygnius@lemmy.world 134 points 2 years ago* (6 children) This plane has been flying for 20+ years before it ran into an issue. This is not a Boeing problem. It's a maintenance issue with United. You drive your car for 20 years and your brakes fail, it's not Honda's fault that you weren't doing the maintenance on it. permalink fedilink source hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] derf82@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago It’s not even really a maintenance issue. This kind of thing happens all the time. If it were not a Boeing and United thing, it would have never made the news. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 7 points 2 years ago If it was Boeing then it would also affect much more companies who use their planes but I just keep seeing United here, United there. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Agree. It could also be any other nature of emergency. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It wasn't anything super major to divert for an hour and then land. permalink fedilink source parent [–] childOfMagenta@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Exactly. I flew the 777 for a living. It's a tank. Extremely reliable, flies like a dream, plenty of power. I haven't flown the new generation 777 though and you can bet it's not as safe. Nothing Boeing makes now is. I used to be a "if it's not Boeing I'm not going" pilot. I feel stupid now. Airlines suffer the exact same problem. Greed. Boeing doesn't make the engines. GE does (or Pratt and Whitney). They are very reliable engines too. If they start failing in a specific airline, it's a maintenance problem. Edit: also as comments started, this could be nothing but normal issues, haven't read the article. I stopped reading at "engine issues, including tyre falling off..." What?? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sygnius@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) By "new generation", do you mean the 777X? Boeing's production seems to have throttled down on it for a while now. I'm guessing they're pushing the 787 over it from what I can tell. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] childOfMagenta@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Yeah the 777X. Weird, the 777 is so successful. permalink fedilink source parent [–] june@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Most of the ‘Boeing things’ we’ve been hearing about have been maintenance issues. Even the initial blowout was a mix of Boeing and maintenance. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Your 20 year old car hasn't been getting regular software and hardware updates from the manufacturer, though. United has. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago That’s a good point, but it doesn’t really hold water here, because if the issue were specific to Boeing we’d be seeing far more incidents from a variety of airlines. United is the primary one hitting the news lately. Either United has some serious maintenance issues, or someone is trying really hard to short United stock. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] derf82@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago It’s not even really a maintenance issue. This kind of thing happens all the time. If it were not a Boeing and United thing, it would have never made the news. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 7 points 2 years ago If it was Boeing then it would also affect much more companies who use their planes but I just keep seeing United here, United there. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Agree. It could also be any other nature of emergency. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It wasn't anything super major to divert for an hour and then land. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It wasn't anything super major to divert for an hour and then land. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] childOfMagenta@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Exactly. I flew the 777 for a living. It's a tank. Extremely reliable, flies like a dream, plenty of power. I haven't flown the new generation 777 though and you can bet it's not as safe. Nothing Boeing makes now is. I used to be a "if it's not Boeing I'm not going" pilot. I feel stupid now. Airlines suffer the exact same problem. Greed. Boeing doesn't make the engines. GE does (or Pratt and Whitney). They are very reliable engines too. If they start failing in a specific airline, it's a maintenance problem. Edit: also as comments started, this could be nothing but normal issues, haven't read the article. I stopped reading at "engine issues, including tyre falling off..." What?? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sygnius@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) By "new generation", do you mean the 777X? Boeing's production seems to have throttled down on it for a while now. I'm guessing they're pushing the 787 over it from what I can tell. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] childOfMagenta@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Yeah the 777X. Weird, the 777 is so successful. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sygnius@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) By "new generation", do you mean the 777X? Boeing's production seems to have throttled down on it for a while now. I'm guessing they're pushing the 787 over it from what I can tell. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] childOfMagenta@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Yeah the 777X. Weird, the 777 is so successful. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] childOfMagenta@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Yeah the 777X. Weird, the 777 is so successful. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] june@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Most of the ‘Boeing things’ we’ve been hearing about have been maintenance issues. Even the initial blowout was a mix of Boeing and maintenance. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Your 20 year old car hasn't been getting regular software and hardware updates from the manufacturer, though. United has. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago That’s a good point, but it doesn’t really hold water here, because if the issue were specific to Boeing we’d be seeing far more incidents from a variety of airlines. United is the primary one hitting the news lately. Either United has some serious maintenance issues, or someone is trying really hard to short United stock. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago That’s a good point, but it doesn’t really hold water here, because if the issue were specific to Boeing we’d be seeing far more incidents from a variety of airlines. United is the primary one hitting the news lately. Either United has some serious maintenance issues, or someone is trying really hard to short United stock. permalink fedilink source parent