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Escalating scandal grips airlines including American and Southwest, as nearly 100 planes find fake parts from company with fake employees that vanished overnight::Why are so many flights getting canceled or delayed? Blame a mysterious British supplier accused of falsified documents for plane components.

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[–] roboticide@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Earlier this year a bunch of people got stuck on a 4 hour Amtrak ride for like 18+ hours, without power, toilets or water. Were told they couldn't leave and not allowed/able to transfer to another train.

I'd rather just die in an incredibly rare plane crash than trust AmTrak to get me across the country in days versus a flight which can get me there in hours.

[–] ironeagl@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

They need budget to actually upgrade their fleet.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That’s happened multiple times with planes, not just once last year.

It happened as recently as last month

Here are more:

July 2023

June 2023

December 2022

May 2022.

I could keep going, but this is hard on mobile.

Point is, that happens with planes, too. That’s a logistics issue, not about the method of transport.