There is something weird about the Boeing debacle. Because a lot of this falls on the Airlines shoulders in terms of proper maintenance, but we hear nothing about them. In some ways it reminds me of DC-10s, back in the 1970s. It makes me wonder if there is something else associated with it.
The guy who does the comms blog puts a lot of dates together. I just tried that method. From a history of the DC-10:
The DC-10 had its fair share of problems following its introduction in the 1970s. On June 12th, 1972, American Airlines flight 96 had a cargo door failure leading to rapid decompression. As a result, two members of the crew and nine passengers were injured.
Following this, on March 3rd, 1974, Turkish Airlines flight 981 also had a cargo door failure. This led to explosive decompression and caused the deaths of all 346 people on board the flight.
What happened five days after the first crash in 1972? Watergate. The second crash in Turkey.in 1974, Impeachment hearings began that May. And Turkey is another word for the clowns.
I would need a commercial aircraft maintenance worker to chime in, but often when a problem is continuously happening with one brand of product between different users of said product, it is usually first and foremost a point in favor of the product itself being defective.
There is something weird about the Boeing debacle. Because a lot of this falls on the Airlines shoulders in terms of proper maintenance, but we hear nothing about them. In some ways it reminds me of DC-10s, back in the 1970s. It makes me wonder if there is something else associated with it.
The guy who does the comms blog puts a lot of dates together. I just tried that method. From a history of the DC-10:
https://simpleflying.com/51-years-of-flight-the-story-of-the-dc-10/
What happened five days after the first crash in 1972? Watergate. The second crash in Turkey.in 1974, Impeachment hearings began that May. And Turkey is another word for the clowns.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/complete-watergate-timeline-took-longer-realize
So I nay be hallucinating, but something is just off here, IMHO.
I would need a commercial aircraft maintenance worker to chime in, but often when a problem is continuously happening with one brand of product between different users of said product, it is usually first and foremost a point in favor of the product itself being defective.
The 1974 crash was due to a Turkish ramp crew operative not closing the door properly.