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Re:FAA grounds B737 Max 9 for the time being by kergonath on Saturday January 13, 2024 @11:53AM (#38981766)
You cannot avoid mistakes every now and then. At least it had no particular safety issue and is quite a reliable aircraft, and they still made money with it. This is nothing like the issues Boeing is facing.
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Re:FAA grounds B737 Max 9 for the time being by oskarkk on Saturday January 13, 2024 @02:08PM (#38983386)
Sadly, in the end they lost money on it. They came to a point where producing the plane was profitable, but they never recouped the development cost: https://simpleflying.com/was-the-a380-programme-profitable/
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Re:FAA grounds B737 Max 9 for the time being by p_l on Saturday January 13, 2024 @04:30PM (#38984786)
A lot of A380 development went into A350 and new techniques going in other planes.

Including 787, actually.

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