There has barely been any reporting on the incidents. One was with United and the other with Qatar Airways, both extremely similar where the planes started rapidly descending immediately after take off, coming within less than a 1000 ft of the ocean and then suddenly shooting up again.

To me it reads like some systemic failure which caused the falls and some automatic crash detection system that kicks in when the plane nears the ocean surface and automatically climbs up.

Fucking scary shit.

    • bluescreen [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Southwest the latest victim. They used to be the best in the market. Now the executives know nothing about running an airline. It's sad.

      • supafuzz [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        under the hexbear regime we must close all the business schools and send graduates to camps for reeducation in useful labor skills

  • Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    But they paid fines and no executive went to jail. Problem solved right?

    By Ralph Nader March 21, 2019 Greedy Boeing’s Avoidable Design and Software Time Bombs

    In practice, one Boeing engineer would conduct a test of a particular system on the Max 8, while another Boeing engineer would act as the FAA’s representative, signing on behalf of the U.S. government that the technology complied with federal safety regulations…” “Hundreds of Boeing engineers would have played out this scenario thousands of times as the company sought to verify the performance of mechanical systems, hardware installation and massive amounts of computer code…”

    So, citizens, watch out for bloviating Congressional Committee members castigating Boeing executives at the witness table before the television cameras and then doing nothing once the television broadcasts fade away.

  • shath [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    good to see that boeing is making planes that don't like staying in the air

  • supafuzz [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    That sounds like what the 737 maxes were doing, right? Except they didn't manage to pull up

  • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Amsterdam and Copenhagen

    1. if plane crash, blame on le faulty Brown person brain instead of the defective machinery
    2. if mayobrain, then don't talk about the news
  • jackmarxist [any]
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    2 years ago

    I ain't getting on a Boeing plane after watching a documentary about the 737 Max shit. I do not trust this company at all and they did not get punished for intentionally causing deaths of hundreds of people.

  • VILenin [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Qatar was spatial disorientation and there is no such automatic pull-up system. The warning system will activate and the plane will shout at you to pull up, which you probably should if you value your life. The autopilot will disconnect and you will have to hand fly it out of the dive. About the United incident we know literally nothing but it could be as simple as leaving the altitude set to zero. The plane will dive into the ocean if you tell it to. This is most likely a systemic training issue. Boeing being a criminally neglectful company and people fucking up are not mutually exclusive.

    Hexbear users try not to come to preemptive conclusions challenge

  • john_browns_beard [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    What if they made planes that go on the ground? You could take the wings off so they would take up a lot less space and you'd only need one engine so I bet it would be more environmentally friendly as well. Maybe you could have some kind of dedicated track system for them so they could go really fast, that would be neat.

  • Dolores [love/loves]
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    2 years ago

    shitting my pants, slamming my beer, screaming "yeeehaw" :deng-cowboy: