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   Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:02:33 JST Eugen Rochko

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   Fucking Boeing

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     Michael (tacticalgrace_@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:03:10 JST Michael

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     @Gargron What's up?

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     Stephanie (stephanie@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:07:12 JST Stephanie

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     @Gargron What did they do NOW?!

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:11:20 JST Eugen Rochko

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     The hydraulic system broke, we landed safely and are now being towed but it’s never a pleasant experience when a pilot has to say “don’t panic”.

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     Play Ball!!! cafechatnoir (cafechatnoir@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:15:42 JST Play Ball!!! cafechatnoir

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     @Gargron
     Holy shit. Time for that entire fleet to be grounded worldwide.

     Glad you're OK.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:16:06 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @Gargron hoo boy

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     GoatsLive (goatslive@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:16:43 JST GoatsLive

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     @Gargron Boeing aircraft?

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:17:46 JST Eugen Rochko

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     I want off Mr. Boeing’s wild ride.

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     Jonly (jonly@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:18:37 JST Jonly

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     @Gargron watch out it might be via getting sucked out of a new emerging hole

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     r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk?? (cypnk@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:19:44 JST r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk??

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     @Gargron Might have also been a maintenance issue. Even if Boeing had no flaws, a lot of those systems need to be kept maintained

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     Forth Computer (pythonlinks@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:23:20 JST Forth Computer

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     @Gargron

     Boeing Joke 1/2

     A group of Boeing employees are sitting on a plane getting ready for takeoff.
     The pilot comes on over the intercom and says "Folks, we're pleased to have you flying with us on our brand new 737, fresh from our good friends at Boeing!"

     Immediately, the Boeing employees all scramble to get out of their seats and off the plane as quickly as possible. It's utter pandemonium in the aisles as everyone starts to panic.

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     Dougie (dougbeney@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:29:09 JST Dougie

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     @Gargron damn bro. Safe travels (...starting now)!

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     int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...) (nrmacdonald@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:29:50 JST int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...)

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     @Gargron

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     Sarah "Neila" Elkins (neilak20@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:30:02 JST Sarah "Neila" Elkins

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     @Gargron Holy shit. I'm glad y'all landed safe! :o

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:38:37 JST Eugen Rochko

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     @chris Yeah

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     chris@strafpla.net (chris@mstdn.strafpla.net)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:38:40 JST chris@strafpla.net

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     @Gargron Did they really use the words „Don‘t panic“?

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     Ian Ramjohn (iramjohn@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:55:18 JST Ian Ramjohn

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     @Gargron One of those rare cases where I don't know what's going on, and I don't need to in order to strongly agree!

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     whatisaname (meatandpotatoes@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 04:04:58 JST whatisaname

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     @Gargron which airline was it?

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     Mario (korpil@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 04:11:43 JST Mario

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     @Gargron like when they say “calm down”. Glad to know you’re fine.

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     Bruno BEAUFILS (beaufils@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 04:14:22 JST Bruno BEAUFILS

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     @Gargron https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/26/former-boeing-employee-speaks-out-00142948

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     Dominic Hopton (grork@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 06:16:33 JST Dominic Hopton

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     @Gargron was it a United flight, or another airline?

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 06:40:14 JST Eugen Rochko

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     @grork Yeah, it was United.

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     cesarb (cesarb@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 06:51:25 JST cesarb

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     @Gargron The question would be "which one?", since most planes have something like three hydraulic systems, and all important control surfaces can be moved by more than one of them. The answer is probably hidden in that "now being towed", because it likely means that they lost the one which controls the on-ground steering; someone who knows the details of that plane model can tell by that which hydraulic system broke.

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     Colin Devroe (cdevroe@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 07:35:09 JST Colin Devroe

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     @Gargron glad you’re safe

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     rrrrrrrr geenerator (ricardobravo@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 13:32:36 JST rrrrrrrr geenerator

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     @Gargron I hope you are fine!

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     Moritz Dietz (moritzdietz@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 21:24:31 JST Moritz Dietz

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     @Gargron The chance of this happening is so low, but the frequency of things happening with Boeing planes is going through the roof. Risk assessment of picking flights by aircraft manufacturers is suddenly on the table when flying commercial.

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 22:54:12 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Fly it.

     @fly_it @RememberUsAlways It was a leak! They hosed the plane to clean up the leaked hydraulic fluid before they towed us.

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     Fly it. (fly_it@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 22:54:13 JST Fly it.

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     @RememberUsAlways @Gargron
     APUs provide air and electricity, but no hydraulic power. Complete failures of hydraulic systems are usually leakages. That's why there is more than one hydraulic system in air transport aircraft.

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     RememberUsAlways (rememberusalways@newsie.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 22:54:14 JST RememberUsAlways

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     @Gargron

     Luckily, most airframe have an APU to backup hydraulic failures but that is the last layer of defense for this type of failure.

     So glad you are safe!