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Boeing flags potential delays after supplier finds another problem with some 737 fuselages (m.economictimes.com)

submitted 9 months ago by fastandcurious@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Boeing reported another problem with fuselages on its 737 jets that might delay deliveries of about 50 aircraft in the latest quality gaff to plague the manufacturer.

Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal said in a letter to Boeing staff seen Monday that a worker at its supplier discovered misdrilled holes in fuselages. Spirit AeroSystems, based in Wichita, Kansas, makes a large part of the fuselages on Boeing Max jets.

"While this potential condition is not an immediate safety issue and all 737s can continue operating safely”

‘bUT iT’s sAFE’

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[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is kind of a survivorship bias kind of thing (with the WW2 bombers): NOT getting the news is the actual indicator of lack of quality control. Getting reports of them finding things is an indicator they're actually looking. We know they had problems due to the whole, you know, planes falling out of the sky.

Of course it's not black and white, what's in the news isn't really the important thing either way. It's just what we can see.

[–] Iamdanno@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 9 months ago

Yes, but actually no. They are looking NOW, because they are being forced to look. They apparently weren't before, which is a sign of bad QA, and the scary part for the potential passengers.