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#Emergency slide falls off #Delta #plane after takeoff - yes it's a #Boeing


source: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/emergency-slide-falls-off-delta-plane-after-takeoff-2024-04-26/

Delta said that crew on the flight, which had 183 people on board, declared an emergency and returned to John F. Kennedy International #Airport, that it "supporting retrieval efforts."


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Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt
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This was an older aircraft that had been in service for many years, so not a manufacturing defect, but faulty maintenance by the airline. Not Boeing’s fault.
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Murkas Wylander
Murkas Wylander
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The plane was 33,5 years old, and therefore still produced by engineers and not by sales people. The doom of Boeing startet with the McDonnel Douglas takeover around 2000, when nitpickers entered management.
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tomgrzybow
tomgrzybow
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... I imagine that there is some estimate of "service life" for even the basic components of the plane.
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Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt
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On airliners like this some components have hard service lives of a fixed number of flight hours or cycles (takeoffs and landings) and must legally be replaced when they are up. The rest of the airframe is subject to a rigorous schedule of inspections, assessment and repair. If your 33 year old car was under this regimen it would still be working fine, but it is not cheap to do!
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tomgrzybow
tomgrzybow
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Indeed. This is why we still have "Vintage" cars on the road!
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Murkas Wylander
Murkas Wylander
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My car is almost 30 years. No computers, ok maybe anti skid and fuel injection, but thats it.
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Murkas Wylander
Murkas Wylander
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No, not really. Every 10 years there is a bigger investment because e.g. cooler needs to be replaced, but if taken care properly it can last another 30 years. Most older cars break down or get totaled because they are let down. Mine is now rising in value, as it's almost an "oldtimer". Once it has this status officially recognized I save on taxes and insurance as well.
I drive less than 5000 km per year, using most of the time public transport.
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Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt
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I kept a small truck running for 17 years. With both older aircraft and cars one of the biggest challenges is getting parts when things break. In the case of the B-767, it is still in production as a freighter, so parts are still available.
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tomgrzybow
tomgrzybow
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It is true that "vintage" cars become more valuable. A Chevy Nova with the smallblock V8 from the 1970's is worth big bucks now...
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tomgrzybow
tomgrzybow
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Also you could open the doors from the inside.

;-\

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Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt
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True and a heater control that humans could operate.
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