Yesterday, Tuesday 23 January:<p>- a Swiss Air Bombardier C-Series "crew declared emergency reporting steam in the cockpit" [1]<p>- a LATAM 767 "needed to shut one of the engines" [2]<p>- a Lufthansa A320 "decided to divert to Amsterdam reporting a smokey smell in the cabin" [3]<p>- an American 737-800 "initiated a go around advising their flaps did not fully extend" [4]<p>Within that scope, the Delta 757's "nose wheels separat[ing] and roll[ing] away," an incident which caused "a delay of about 5:15 hours," is amusing but unremarkable [5]. (In contrast, today, Wednesday 24 January (EDIT: 2 January), a Japan Airlines A350 "collided with Coast Guard DH8C on runway and burst into flames" [6]. No souls lost.)<p>Every day, these issues come up [7]. (Do not click if you're a nervous flier.) Something is wrong with the 737 Max 9, possibly the entire Max series. Modern aviation is safe not because we never have malfunctions, but because we prepare for and learn from them. If you filter for Boeing-specific news, you may not appreciate how much noise is in what you see as signal.<p>[1] <a href="https://avherald.com/h?article=51403e71&opt=0" rel="nofollow">https://avherald.com/h?article=51403e71&opt=0</a><p>[2] <a href="https://avherald.com/h?article=513fed6d&opt=0" rel="nofollow">https://avherald.com/h?article=513fed6d&opt=0</a><p>[3] <a href="https://avherald.com/h?article=5140aea1&opt=0" rel="nofollow">https://avherald.com/h?article=5140aea1&opt=0</a><p>[4] <a href="https://avherald.com/h?article=5140b1b8&opt=0" rel="nofollow">https://avherald.com/h?article=5140b1b8&opt=0</a><p>[5] <a href="https://avherald.com/h?article=5140ab01&opt=0" rel="nofollow">https://avherald.com/h?article=5140ab01&opt=0</a><p>[6] <a href="https://avherald.com/h?article=5132b9fe&opt=0" rel="nofollow">https://avherald.com/h?article=5132b9fe&opt=0</a><p>[7] <a href="https://avherald.com" rel="nofollow">https://avherald.com</a>
The plane was built in 1992 and the 757 is a classic model that has a great track record.<p>Whatever this is it probably has absolutely zero to do with the current state of Boeing.
5 minute audio recoding of the incident from You can see ATC (via liveatc.net): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYIC-Vq13xE" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYIC-Vq13xE</a>
Availability bias.<p>Things break on planes constantly, all the time.<p>Sometimes, rarely, pilots need to declare an emergency.<p>Most of the time, almost always, they land without incident.
[Dupe]<p>Some more discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39124754">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39124754</a>