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New Boeing whistleblower alleges serious structural flaws on 787 and 777 jets (www.seattletimes.com)

submitted 7 months ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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A Boeing quality engineer went public Tuesday with damaging allegations that the jet-maker took manufacturing shortcuts to increase production rates that leave potentially serious structural flaws on its 787 and 777 widebody planes.

The Boeing engineer, Sam Salehpour, alleged that almost 1,000 787s and about 400 777s currently flying are at risk of premature fatigue damage and structural failure.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Those are just the first two, I posted an article a week or two that had shown that 80% of climate issues are corporations, big and small, and private jets. There was a boom of private jets around the pandemic. Maybe so they could still travel and hide it? I'm not positive, I don't know when the dates of private jet use boomed.

https://theweek.com/news/environment/960974/how-much-pollution-do-private-planes-cause

https://www.greenmatters.com/p/environmental-impact-private-jet

[–] delirious_owl 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We have to cut carbon emissions 100%

[–] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

No shit, Sherlock. What are you actively doing to accomplish that?