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At least 47 dead after South Korean jet carrying 181 people crash-lands at airport (amp.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

It's a 15 year old plane, at that point it's more about the airline maintenance program and pilots rather than who made it.

[–] passiveaggressivesonar 17 points 3 weeks ago

15 years is nothing and it's probably the plane of theseus at that point

[–] pyre 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

an average commercial plane is easily used for 20 years, and depending on the model can go for nearly twice as long.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wasn't the problem with the blown put door for example that the official Boeing maintenance contractors just didn't fix it right? Or was that not "maintenance" but rather "retrofitting"?

I honestly don't quite remember.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

it wasn't factory installed properly... with enough bolts.