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Nose wheel falls off Boeing 757 airliner waiting for takeoff (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Because Boeing were on such a good streak already...

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Which, as we know, is not supposed to happen.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't it built so that the nose wheel wouldn't fall off?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That design choice was revolutionary at the time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I don't know where to put it but here's about MCAS anyway, the cost-cutting system meant to keep Boeing in the game, but also took over flight controls sometimes and nose dived planes straight into the ground, causing hundreds (some say thousands!) of fatalities:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneuvering_Characteristics_Augmentation_System