An engine fire isn't necessarily an issue of the aircraft itself. Engines are quite disconnected from the aircraft they are propelling, many aircraft do have multiple engine options, and jet engines are often not even owned by the aircraft's owner, but leased directly from the engine manufacturer in a separate contract, because they are so damn expensive.
this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2025
0 points (50.0% liked)
Buy European
3859 readers
2206 users here now
Overview:
The community to discuss buying European goods and services.
Rules:
-
Be kind to each other, and argue in good faith. No direct insults nor disrespectful and condescending comments.
-
Do not use this community to promote Nationalism/Euronationalism. This community is for discussing European products/services and news related to that. For other topics the following might be of interest:
-
Include a disclaimer at the bottom of the post if you're affiliated with the recommendation.
Feddit.uk's instance rules apply:
- No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or xenophobia
- No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies
- No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users
- Do not share intentionally false or misleading information
- Do not spam or abuse network features.
- Alt accounts are permitted, but all accounts must list each other in their bios.
Benefits of Buying Local:
local investment, job creation, innovation, increased competition, more redundancy.
Related Communities:
Buy Local:
Buying and Selling:
!flohmarkt@lemmy.ca
Boycott:
!boycottus@lemmy.ca
Stop Publisher Kill Switch in Games Practice:
!stopkillinggames@lemm.ee
Banner credits: BYTEAlliance
founded 1 month ago
MODERATORS
And it turns out in this case, the plane is an 737-800 which uses engines from CFM International (partly French, partly US) specifically CFM56 series engines. Engines in this series are used by Boeing, Airbus and McDonnel Douglas. So don't buy American and you can still end up with an engine from the same manufacturer and series.
A plane also has a very long life and is used as much as possible during that life. This means the actual production is only a small part of the life of the plane and a lot happens after that. So until it's investigated and clear what the issue was, blaming the manufacturer of the plane seems especially far fetched. The problem could have been with the manufacturer of the engine, it could have been a mistake in maintenance or bad replacement/refurbished part, it could be lack of maintenance, improper maintenance procedures. It could als have been something ingested into the engine, which happens all the time. The plane in question has been flying perfectly fine for over 10 years, so I doubt Boeing is at fault in this one.
It's all well and good to jump on the hype train of blaming Boeing and the US for everything. But these sorts of things happen all the time with all types of airplanes, it's a normal part of life. Boeing has made some terrible mistakes, but not all bad things that happen to Boeing planes are their fault.
Careful, Boeing will send their goons between muting whistleblowers if you say that too loud.
As an American: Buy European, or Asian, or anything else please. My country needs to crash and burn on this path of stupidity.
You should be boycotting plane travel in general not american plane travel. Just saying.
Why's that?
Have you heard about that climate change thing?
Turns out having billions of people take trips in airplanes wasn’t exactly thought out.
Did you know that rice produced nearly as much greenhouse gases as aviation in 2020? Are you going to call on people to stop eating rice? Same goes for fish. And shipping. And landfills. And crop burning. And a bunch more other things.
Did you know that chocolate is in the top 5 of GHG emitters for food? Now only that, chocolate is collected most often by kids in developing countries. Are you going to call for a chocolate boycott? What about people's precious iPhones and Macs? Those unrepairable things that end up on the landfill when a Apple slows then down artificially after a few years? Boycott those, right?
Aviation is a small problem. Cars are a much bigger one. Take a friggin bus, cycle, or walk more. Residential heating is a big problem too. You don't need 25C during the winter in your home. You don't need a 10-20 minute shower. All of those will have a bigger impact than skipping on one or two holidays.
Did you know that rice produced nearly as much greenhouse gases as aviation in 2020? Are you going to call on people to stop eating rice?
Eating is non-optional. There are no staple foods that have a zero carbon footprint, and rice is not exceptionally bad compared to other starches. Rice is roughly equivalent to aviation because there is a lot more rice-eating going on than flying.
Flying is optional for a lot of people. Most people don't need to fly, or could fly less than they do. Lower-carbon travel options are available for many journeys.
To put your figures another way- if everyone flew half as much, we'd save as much carbon as half the entire global production of rice. That's a lot.
Cars are a much bigger one. Take a friggin bus, cycle, or walk more. Residential heating is a big problem too. You don't need 25C during the winter in your home. You don't need a 10-20 minute shower.
Those are all great ideas and you should do all those things too.