jeffw@lemmy.worldcakeM to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoAre there really more things going wrong on airplanes?www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkAre there really more things going wrong on airplanes?www.vox.comjeffw@lemmy.worldcakeM to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 months 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-squareNeptuneOrbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIt’s not really minor when Boeing has to just admit they don’t have records on important manufacturing processes.
minus-squareKraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoOr it’s the effort of a PR firm trying to redirect attention away from Boeing’s abysmal quality control and management blundering.
tl;dr, no:
It’s the hot news thing, so any minor incident gets published to capitalize on those sweet, sweet ad impressions.
It’s not really minor when Boeing has to just admit they don’t have records on important manufacturing processes.
Or it’s the effort of a PR firm trying to redirect attention away from Boeing’s abysmal quality control and management blundering.