#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."

#fail #security #news #problem #flight

In response to pro-Palestine protests, Portland State University freezes ties with Boeing

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/education/psu-portland-state-university-boeing-israel-palestine-protest/283-040775fd-1aa5-4692-b7b2-6605deb1fb88

> #PortlandStateUniversity President Ann Cudd said the school will pause seeking or accepting further gifts or grants from #Boeing pending "debate."

#Palestine
#PDX

A new #boeing #whistleblower alleges “alarming & dangerous manufacturing deficiencies that are creating potentially catastrophic safety risks.” For ex., Salehpour alleges that defects with Boeing’s 787 could lead to “premature fatigue failure.”

“I literally saw people jumping on the pieces of the airplane to get them to align. By jumping up & down, you’re deforming parts so that the holes align temporarily… and that’s not how you build an airplane”
#airsafety #airlines
https://tinyurl.com/5n7yhjyv

"a #Boeing quality engineer, alleged Tuesday that... the company took shortcuts such as failing to follow its own procedures for ensuring pieces of the plane’s fuselages were properly fitted and joined. He also described instances where workers placed “excessive stress” on major airplane joints to make it look like gaps did not exist. This let the company speed up the manufacturing process — but at the risk of reducing the life span of the jetliners"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2024/04/09/boeing-whistleblower-787-dreamliner-fuselages/

#planes #USA #News

Boeing is what happens when cost-cutting catches up with a company.

"Boeing hid the problem by pushing the pieces together with force to make it appear like that the gap didn't exist," Salehpour told reporters at Tuesday's press briefing.

"I literally saw people jumping on the pieces of the airplane to get them to align," he said. "That's not how you build a plane."

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/09/1243770423/boeing-whistleblower-787-faa-investigation

#boeing

So is this the kind that crashes itself, the kind where the door panels come off, or the kind where the engine covers fall off?

#boeing #surehopetheplanedontcrash