The New York Times reported that the plane was scheduled for a maintenance check over ongoing concerns, but Alaska Airlines chose to allow flights to go ahead.

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    8 months ago

    Engineers at Alaska Airlines wanted and in-depth inspection. Alaska Airlines decided to “take it easy”, but not ground the plane.

    Lemmy: Those Boeing bastards!

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      8 months ago

      It can be both.

      We shouldn’t forget that Boeing is the commonality here while also addressing the other issues the authorities find.

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        8 months ago

        Problems this massive often have systemic causes and multiple points of failure.

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      8 months ago

      Yeah, the Alaska angle is new. I don’t know if I should be happy or sad they are partly culpable.