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[–] [deleted] • 12 pts

Yes the aerodynamic housing is removed, but isnt this what a turbine does?

It super-condenses and ignites an air/fuel mixture.

Seeing the fire means its still working.

thumbs up!

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Yea this sounds like the case. Even though it looks sketchy af.

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Eh, that'll buff out

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1 That's terrifying!!

2 Fucking Boeing can't make a plane anymore ffs.

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"2 Fucking Boeing can't make a plane anymore ffs."

The aircraft in question, N772UA, first flew in 1994 (completed assembly on ). At 26 years old, it's the third oldest 777 still in operation.

This is entirely on United and their maintenance department.

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maintenance department.

50% chance it was a diversity hire. 40% it was nepotism and someone's idiot nephew. 10% it was a boomer who should have retired five years ago.

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10% it was a boomer who should have retired five years ago.

God help us when all the Boomers retire, they're the last bastion of Whiteness in the workplace. Particularly in government as, after the Boomers, the vast majority of the gov't is kikes, slants, and niggers. There are a fair few White ex-military youth in there, but the managerial positions are most all either held by Boomers or are Diverse.

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Do we know it wasn't a bird strike?

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Because you can do a better job from your laptop screen?

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Flew Sydney to LA on United, worse fucking flight of my life. Niggee hostess looked like she crawled out of a skip

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Bu bu but diversity is our strength?

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Sorry but I have to agree with this guy, United Airlines is the Detroit of airlines and not solely because of niggers but because they're expensive, lousy service, constant over booking and most of the outlying ticketing and gating systems are contract labor having nothing to do with United but carrying their badge and could give two fucks less about United or the service they provide. Combine that with third world, 75 IQ employees who are given that FAA power to make white people's lives a living hell and you have United Airlines.

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The engines cant be the original ones, dont they usually update them?

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Depends on the condition of the engine, total time since last overhaul, cost of another overhaul, etc. That's actually one of the things they're looking into, from what I've read. If it is one of the original engines, then the maintenance logs are going to be even more scrutinized. There's tons of checks they do, especially on older turbines, so something like this likely should have been caught and the engine overhauled or replaced.

Edit: Also, if the engine was replaced fairly recently, some of the blame could fall on Pratt & Whitney (that particular plane is listed as having PW400's installed).

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Get engineering degree that requires Marxist brainwashing to work in a cubicle while babysitting diversity hires.

Start construction company making just as much if not more working for self.

Hmm tough choice.

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Construction can be tough to get a start in. Better off going into electrical, plumbing, or HVAC. A four year apprenticeship and them starting your own business in any of those beats four years of engineering school.

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A four year apprenticeship

Only to have no job because globalists imported "skilled" tradesmen on work visas.

Marco Rubio and Mike Lee signaled years ago that we needed more tradesmen, specifically welders, in the USA. History of the last 30 years tells us that they are going to work visa the White tradesmen into oblivion.

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As far as I know, Boeing doesn't make jet engines. It's likely a GE engine, but it could also be a Pratt & Whitney or Rolls-Royce. There are plenty of reasons to hate on Boeing--like them outsourcing wing design to Japan. Despite billions in defense contracts, they gave away critical military technology to Japan to save a few bucks. Understandably, the Japanese were happy to manufacture wings at a loss to acquire it.

As other have said, those engines are tried and true. The problem was almost 100% on United's maintenance end with some FAA leniency probably also in the picture. The airport might also be to blame. I also wouldn't be surprised if the Harris administration changed the warm up or deicing procedures to be more "green".

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And you can bet the fuckup who signed off the checklist without doing the work wont lose his union protected job for negligence, he'll probably get promoted to fill some union required payroll position that has 0 responsibility outside showing up to "work" til late retirement.

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That was the old unions. Now his job is only protected if xe is the right race and believes in certain (((ideologies))). Just like teachers unions and tenure allow people to be as anti-white as possible under "academic freedom", but if you question the lolocaust or cite race statistics you'll be fired without recourse.

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"I also wouldn't be surprised if the Harris administration changed the warm up or deicing procedures to be more "green"."

Jesus wept!

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This actually brings up a good question: why do we use such outdated models for our commercial planes? I’ve seen TONS of concept sketches for how much the old design could be improved upon, and yet we’re still using shit from over 30 years ago.

Edit: example pic https://www.assemblymag.com/ext/resources/Issues/2019/April/aero/asb0419aero5.jpg

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That shit from 50 years ago happens to work really, really well, be very thoroughly proven, be scalable, and be adaptable to virtually every roll associated with moving stuff by air.

Your question is like asking why, after over a century of development, do cars have four wheels? Or why does Chevy still use a naturally aspirated V8 engine? The answer to both is that the basic design is inherently very sound and, while many improvements have been made, the fundamentals are still valid today and, in many ways, are superior to alternatives and newer concepts.

Your concept plane is pretty but it doesn't have many windows and can't be scaled up to have many windows. It can't be lengthened significantly to give it more passenger space. The engines are high up on top of the plane which makes them harder to access for maintenance. An overhead hoist would be required for removal, resetting, or just performing a basic check-out.

The standard configuration of slinging the engines under the wing allows maintenance to be performed from a ladder or standing in a truck or other maintenance vehicle. Engine removal is achievable with a special mobile cradle supported from the ground. This is much more flexible than using a crane.

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Boeing now emphasizes diversity

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Trump’s fault no doubt.

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I'm still going with Obama. Thanks, Obama!

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Inspectors and maintenance suck, but imagine having to do that job in a mask or wear glasses and wear a mask. Please tell me when day of the rope starts

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I'm impressed. That fucker kept on functioning (sort of) while on fire. GE for the win!!

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Burning fuel is what makes the engine function.

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Good thing the cowling didn't hit the plane.

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Death from airborn covid is scary :(

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