What are you, some kind of socialist?

Hey Karl Marx, preventing needless death isn’t profitable! Enough.

Thank god the wealthy control the courts and government, at least. They’ll keep the lid on this rabble-rousing.

Keep in mind they literally do not care until it gets in the way of profit

They tied bonuses directly to how many planes were delivered. Definitely a good way to promote cutting corners.

You do know that this has nothing to do with it being a Boeing aircraft, right? The flight was a 737-800 which is from the NG series of 737s. The NG series has one of the lowest accidents per departure of any aircraft ever made and they probably have the most departure of any aircraft series.

This was 100% on Southwest. This aircraft was built in 2015 and has been flying for a decade. All that happened was a Southwest mechanic didn't latch the engine cowling properly after an at gate service. This is a problem and should not happen, but has nothing to do with Boeing.

I mean half are boeing and half are airbus. We aren't exactly swimming in large airplane manufacturers.

It’s a Boeing that has been flying for years. Maintenance staff forgot to latch the engine cowling. That is all.

Airbus used to have a way larger problem with this, so bad they had to redesign it to make it more obvious it wasn’t latched.

https://safetyfirst.airbus.com/preventing-fan-cowl-door-loss/

Southwest Airlines uses Boeing aircraft exclusively. Lucky me gets to try my luck in two weeks. 🙄

It's also important to try to avoid jumping to conclusions without the facts. If this is a new 737 and there's a manufacturing issue, then rake Boeing over the coals. They do have problems. But if this is an older plane that had either maintenance issues, then go after Southwest first unless it's a Boeing responsibility. And of course, things do happen beyond anyone's control too, and engines that fail for any reason but don't take out the rest of the aircraft is a bit of a win for design.

The story doesn’t mention the age or variant of the plane, but there’s a good chance this is an issue with Southwest maintenance, not Boeing (or their subcontractors) construction.

Boeing killed John Barnett!

What other options are there for domestic US flights?

Thank you, luckily Lemmy let's you edit titles @jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world

I mean, all recent coverage seems to have been about Boeing planes..

..but stuff like this is likely more due to shoddy maintenance than production faults, right?

It’s just that everyone is hyper-vigilant currently for anything that goes wrong on a Boeing flight currently.

They absolutely have sensors that say “hey, the engine cover is reporting open” but it comes down to where they are when they get that report. I highly doubt the cover was open when they took off, and there’s not going to be a “the engine cover is going to open soon” sensor for this kind of situation.