Dreamliner oxygen may not work
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Wednesday, 06 November 2019 11:13

Dreamliner oxygen may not work


In the unlikely advent of a cabin depression, you people sitting there, there and there, might choke to death

A Boeing whistleblower claims that the good people at Boeing may have made another short-cut on one of their designs of the 787 Dreamliner that leaves their passengers without oxygen if there is a cabin depressurisation.

Boeing managed to neuter government watchdog
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Which made the 737 Max the plane it is today

Boeing managed to "effectively neutered" government oversight on its 737 Max software and created a plane which its own engineers would not fly on.

Boeing wants to save cash by reducing physical testing
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Because that will restore confidence

Maker of aircraft where safety features are an added extra, Boeing, is scrapping expensive physical testing of new plans in favour of having it all done on a computer.