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   Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 01:16:11 JST Bread up, Bro
   now boeing is killing people in maintenance, when will the carnage stop
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     EssentialUtinsil :njp: (essentialutinsil@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 01:22:21 JST EssentialUtinsil :njp:

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     @sickburnbro i'm gonna go with: maintenance niggers were fucking around with an aircraft tire and found out
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     The Forbidden Dreamer (forbiddendreamer@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 01:22:21 JST The Forbidden Dreamer

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     @EssentialUtinsil @sickburnbro As someone with professional tire experience, most likely this. Especially since looking up that those 24.5 looking bastards sit at like 200psi...
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 01:22:21 JST Bread up, Bro

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     @ForbiddenDreamer @EssentialUtinsil split rims are no joke
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     WilhelmIII (wilhelmiii@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 01:28:54 JST WilhelmIII

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     • EssentialUtinsil :njp:
     There are specific rules about how to work on aircraft tires.
     
     Off-aircraft tires are worked on with the tire in a cage.
     
     On-aircraft tires require approaching them from a certain direction so that if they blow, they don't take you out.
     
     Sounds like "failure to follow established procedures" which is one of the most common root causes of aircraft mishaps.
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 01:30:14 JST Bread up, Bro

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     • WilhelmIII
     @WilhelmIII @EssentialUtinsil what might be interesting is this problem might also be due to poorly manufactured tires or by tires being pushed beyond their service limit.
     
     Sadly we might not ever find out.
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     CoQ_10 (coq_10@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 01:32:10 JST CoQ_10

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     @WilhelmIII @EssentialUtinsil @sickburnbro I think the saying is that the rules are written in blood.
     This is indeed either a people problem or a tire problem.
     Not that I would ever defend Boeing.
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 01:33:06 JST Bread up, Bro

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     @CoQ_10 @WilhelmIII @EssentialUtinsil this is why I just decide to make a joke and let all that stuff be unsaid. I think the image of carnivorous airplanes is pretty vivid.
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     WilhelmIII (wilhelmiii@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 02:34:23 JST WilhelmIII

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     When you go through as many tires as Tac Air jets go through, you're going to get a bad one from time to time.
     
     That's why there are procedures for dealing with tires.
     
     The sidewall on an aircraft tire is the thinnest, most flexible part, so it blows first. So the procedure is to always approach a tire, especially when it is hot, from forward or behind, not from the side.
     
     If you do that and the tire goes, you can still be hurt, but usually just arms, which you are reaching over to attache the pressure gauge or fill line. But fatal injuries are unheard of if the procedures are followed.
     
     It's entirely possible that in our current society that we're getting more bad tires coming down the line, but if the proper procedure is followed every time, that won't increase fatalities.
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