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The United Airlines aircraft has remained on the ground in Seattle since the incident on August 24.

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[-] Mazoku@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago

As someone who has worked at a Tire and Brake shop for an airline, it is the airlines fault not Boeing. It’s not Ford’s fault if your Ford Explorer blows a tire 10 years into your ownership. Boeing is the dealer, airlines are the buyer/owner/maintainer. Only exception to this is if Boeing is specifically contracted for maintenance as is the case for the US government and military equipment.

Tires and brakes do have scheduled inspection periods, however you can get edge cases. I’ve changed tires that were ripped to shreds because the planes anti-skid system failed so several hundred thousand pounds of weight just got dragged across the pavement on an immovable block of rubber lmao.

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