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Re:Year 2024 ends on bad note for Boeing with twin 737-800 d... by loloquwowndueo on Sunday December 29, 2024 @09:37AM (#42540223)
Both planes are fairly old (24 years for the KLM, 15 for the one in Korea) so this is more likely a bad maintenance issue than an “omg Boeing quality control sucks recently” one.
Re:Year 2024 ends on bad note for Boeing with twin 737-800 d... by magicstefanos on Sunday December 29, 2024 @09:45AM (#42540257)
Re:Year 2024 ends on bad note for Boeing with twin 737-800 d... by loloquwowndueo on Sunday December 29, 2024 @11:06AM (#42540755)
I have no idea what your wall of text is supposed to imply or mean.
Re:Year 2024 ends on bad note for Boeing with twin 737-800 d... by owebmaster on Monday December 30, 2024 @08:10AM (#42548974)
Isn't Boeing also involved in the maintenance part?
Re:Year 2024 ends on bad note for Boeing with twin 737-800 d... by loloquwowndueo on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @04:00PM (#42561789)
Not necessarily. Manufacturer recommends maintenance procedure but airlines can vary them, see American Airlines 191. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_191
Re:Year 2024 ends on bad note for Boeing with twin 737-800 d... by xeonmc on Sunday December 29, 2024 @09:38AM (#42540226)
Both belly landing, but what a big difference it makes between having a completely unnecessary concrete-reinforced mound perfectly positioned at the end of the runway[0] vs not having such an obstacle.

[0] https://youtu.be/w1r8dl4RqMw?si=taZ5WmIcTH2ZGVci&t=187

Re:Year 2024 ends on bad note for Boeing with twin 737-800 d... by dogma1138 on Sunday December 29, 2024 @11:42AM (#42541000)
Yeah that’s an odd one, barricades are usually only used if there is a risk of the aircraft going off the runway and hitting something that can actually have people in it like a building or a highway…

It’s not uncommon to have these at the end of the runway but it’s the first time I’ve seen one that seems to be solely to protect the ILS antennas…

I will correct myself I’ve seen arresting walls like this protecting non-human life endangering equipment on military runways where a loss of a single aircraft and either a single pilot or a crew can be less significant than the operational degradation of the airfield.

I actually wonder if there is some requirement in South Korea to harden civilian airfields due to their likely dual use in case of a conflict.