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Whaaaat? This isn't the Xbox controller i ordered...
It's an old meme but it checks out!
Pretty sad situation. I feel for the families that were affected by this. It is crazy that this is yet ANOTHER situation where a plane built by Boeing is at fault for a fatal crash. At what point will we see consequences for a company that does not take safety precautions seriously?
Also the plane was built in 1991, 34 years ago. I don’t know anything about plane lifespan but I’m not sure who is more at fault here, UPS for using a 34 year old plane or Boeing for poor maintenance.
I dislike Boeing as much as the next guy, but they only took over manufacturing in 1997 so this plane would have been built by McDonnell Douglas. I'm also pretty sure it's not Boeing's responsibility to maintain aircraft that are no longer in production.
McDonnell Douglas is actually the reason why Boeing sucks now. After Boeing took over McDonnell Douglas, the MD execs (who were skilled at office politics, but not building airplanes) wound up rising through the ranks and now Boeing is essentially run by the MD execs now.
Since Boeing became more like McDonnell Douglas after the takeover, I think it's fair to call it a Boeing plane. It's the McDonnell Douglas execs running Boeing now, so it's fair to hold them responsible.
It's not Boeing's responsibility to maintain them at all once they sell them. They provide maintenance plans and sell services, but it's not really any different from a car.
Im reading online that planes last 30 to 45 years, but cargo planes can last longer than that due to less use than passenger Planes?
A lot of retired commercial passenger planes end up being repurposed for cargo. Skewed more towards narrow body planes than wide body. Fuel efficiency becomes a problem with older wide body craft so freight companies tend to buy new for that size factor.
Source: buddy who works for a company as an aircraft maintenance tech.
B-52s are originally from 1952 and still flying. That's 73 years. But that doesn't mean it's the same assembly of parts that rolled off line in 1952. They're constantly inspecting, repairing, replacing, and upgrading each and every part.