Who fancies flying Boeing? Getting to your destination is a bonus

[SirGalahad]

First we had the 737 Max incidents and now we have many 777s being grounded.

This comes fast on the heels of a Boeing 747 dropping engine parts over Maastricht a day ago.

I thought the common refrain was "they don't make them like they used to" I suppose that doesn't apply to Boeing or P&W.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/why-do-boeing-777-engines-keep-exploding.html

 

[sxturbo]

poor servicing/quality inspection on the P&W engines it seems.

 

[Mottie]

I asked the captain how often these engines exploded mid-air. "Just the once" was his reply........

 

[bernardgreen]

This comes fast on the heels of a Boeing 747 dropping engine parts over Maastricht a day ago

Another Pratt and Witney engine PW4056 To be fair to Boeing the airframes did survive the shaking from the crippled engines

 

[securespark]

But how many frames have hairline fractures, ready to rip open the next time it flies?

 

[durhamplumber]

Whichever way you dress it up...Risk wise you are infinetly safer in a commercial aircraft than driving.

 

[durhamplumber]

Odds of Death

DEATH BY: YOUR ODDS

• Cardiovascular disease: 1 in 2
• Smoking (by/before age 35): 1 in 600
• Car trip, coast-to-coast: 1 in 14,000
• Bicycle accident: 1 in 88,000
• Tornado: 1 in 450,000
• Train, coast-to-coast: 1 in 1,000,000
• Lightning: 1 in 1.9 million
• Bee sting: 1 in 5.5 million
• U.S. commercial jet airline: 1 in 7 million

Sources: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California at Berkeley
Vastly more likely to die of that pie in your mouth.

 

[EddieM]

Whichever way you dress it up...Risk wise you are infinetly (sic) safer in a commercial aircraft than driving.

Odds of Death

DEATH BY: YOUR ODDS

• Cardiovascular disease: 1 in 2
• Smoking (by/before age 35): 1 in 600
• Car trip, coast-to-coast: 1 in 14,000
• Bicycle accident: 1 in 88,000
• Tornado: 1 in 450,000
• Train, coast-to-coast: 1 in 1,000,000
• Lightning: 1 in 1.9 million
• Bee sting: 1 in 5.5 million
• U.S. commercial jet airline: 1 in 7 million

Sources: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California at Berkeley
Vastly more likely to die of that pie in your mouth.

So 500 times more likely on those figures </pedant>

 

[durhamplumber]

So 500 times more likely on those figures </pedant>

Indeed.Considering the loonies on the roads....500 times safer is large