Boeing whistleblower found dead.....

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No need to look into this at all. There stock dropped a crap load today…. News related not sure but my guess a guy might want to invest and sell short on this one.
 

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Well this might work out good for climate change. If people are too scared to fly, they can just stay home and stay safe!
 

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Boeing had 50 passengers injured on a flight from Australia to New Zealand today, plane pulled negative g's throwing passengers to the roof and back to the floor. The pilot of the 787 Dreamliner claims he temporarily lost control of the plane.
Is this the same model of plane they grounded a couple yrs ago because it had a mind of its own?
 

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Is this the same model of plane they grounded a couple yrs ago because it had a mind of its own?

No, that was the 737 Max, same plane that the door plug blew out on. That's was the MCAS system on the 737 Max, it was supposed to nose the plane down in an event of a stall. Problem was it only referenced a single pitot tube speed sensor, so if that pitot tube got plugged it would read low air speed and force the nose down. That caused 2 fatal total loss crashes. And if the pilots didn't know to turn off the MCAS system it would overpower their inputs on the controls.

Could be a similar issue here though, I'm sure it'll come out soon, flight data recorder should tell all.

787 are real nice planes, we flew on 2 last summer. The airframe is 50% carbon fiber, the wing flex is insane on them on takeoff and in turbulence.
 

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The Alaskan Airlines 737 Max that had the door plug blow out is another matter. On an almost full aircraft it just happened that the 2 seats next to that plug were empty, and it blew out at only 16,000 feet instead of at a cruise of 35,000 feet, saving tremendous damage and likely saving lives due to the lesser forces involved at lower altitudes with rapid decompression of the cabin.

I'm not a religious man, but if there's a reason to believe in some kind of God this is definitely it. The 171 passengers and crew on that plane had something resembling a guardian angel looking over their shoulder that day.
 
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