jeffw@lemmy.worldcakeM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAre there really more things going wrong on airplanes?www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down18
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minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year agotl;dr, no: Are more planes having incidents than ever before? Or are we just hearing about more incidents? It’s mostly the latter. It’s the hot news thing, so any minor incident gets published to capitalize on those sweet, sweet ad impressions.
minus-squareKraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·1 year agoOr it’s the effort of a PR firm trying to redirect attention away from Boeing’s abysmal quality control and management blundering.
minus-squareNeptuneOrbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoIt’s not really minor when Boeing has to just admit they don’t have records on important manufacturing processes.
tl;dr, no:
It’s the hot news thing, so any minor incident gets published to capitalize on those sweet, sweet ad impressions.
Or it’s the effort of a PR firm trying to redirect attention away from Boeing’s abysmal quality control and management blundering.
It’s not really minor when Boeing has to just admit they don’t have records on important manufacturing processes.