This plane has been flying for 20+ years before it ran into an issue. This is not a Boeing problem. It’s a maintenance issue with United.
You drive your car for 20 years and your brakes fail, it’s not Honda’s fault that you weren’t doing the maintenance on it.
Agree. It could also be any other nature of emergency.
It’s not even really a maintenance issue. This kind of thing happens all the time.
If it were not a Boeing and United thing, it would have never made the news.
If it was Boeing then it would also affect much more companies who use their planes but I just keep seeing United here, United there.
Not every emergency landing means there is a fundamental issue with the company. These things happen. If the plane can divert to Denver when it is flying over Montana, they clearly are still well in control.
Right. Emergency landings are pretty common in the case of health emergencies, which is bound to happen from time to time when there are hundreds of flights every day and each one is full of 250+ people.
Emergency landings for mechanical issues are also very common. Check out VASAviation sometime.
Or, check out https://avherald.com/
That’s all well and good, but emergency landings for any reason are the worst. At best, it’s a huge inconvenience. I had one a few years back because a passenger was acting like an asshole, and it cost a full day of my limited vacation, so I’d really rather not have one even if the plane is safe enough for them to land.
I dunno. I’d say crashes are worse than emergency landings. But then again, I haven’t had the experience of an emergency landing, like you have. So I might be in the wrong here.
Did I say they weren’t? My point was that emergency landings aren’t a great time and I’d rather not have one, not that they’re on the level of a crash. It’d just be nice to not have either of those things.
