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Re:Is my plane a 737 MAX? by dtagames on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @12:40PM (#38929103)
Its appalling safety record [0] thus far makes it one of the least safe airplanes in modern history.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX#Accidents_and_i...

Re:Is my plane a 737 MAX? by I-Robot on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @12:49PM (#38929248)
That is really bad misinformation statistically speaking. The "Max" aircraft (all variants) have literally many millions of miles of safe flight. If anything, it is the most scrutinized commercial aircraft in all of history.
Re:Is my plane a 737 MAX? by dtagames on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @01:11PM (#38929628)
Re:Is my plane a 737 MAX? by StreetChief on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @01:33PM (#38929953)
Are you equating and summing miles flown from different variants?! Rules and regulations apply separately for each variant.
Re:Is my plane a 737 MAX? by stephenr on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @12:58PM (#38929416)
I'm not going to comment on how it compares to other planes but it's certainly significantly less safe than the previous generations of 737:

> a fatal accident rate of four accidents per million flights, whereas the previous Boeing 737 generations averaged 0.2 fatal accidents per million flights

Re:Is my plane a 737 MAX? by firebaze on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @01:01PM (#38929470)
But even with this scrutiny glaring issues like the current ones have been missed.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeings-o...

(The most recent problem is missing yet)