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thomascountz ◴[] No.44525985[source]
> We determined that the probable cause of this accident was the in-flight separation of the left MED plug due to Boeing’s failure to provide adequate training, guidance, and oversight necessary to ensure that manufacturing personnel could consistently and correctly comply with its parts removal process, which was intended to document and ensure that the securing bolts and hardware that were removed to facilitate rework during the manufacturing process were properly reinstalled.

A bit OT, but what a gorgeous whale of a sentence! As always, the literary prowess of NTSB writers does not disappoint.

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JoshTriplett ◴[] No.44526384[source]
Also, I really appreciate the way they put blame where it belongs. They don't say "manufacturing personnel failed to ...", they say "Boeing failed to provide adequate training, guidance, and oversight necessary to ensure that manufacturing personnel could consistently and correctly ...".
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1. tialaramex ◴[] No.44526494[source]
Right, Alaska didn't buy an aeroplane from "manufacturing personnel" they bought it from Boeing. If Boeing don't want to sell aeroplanes that's cool, bye-bye Boeing, but if they want to sell aeroplanes then it's their responsibility to ensure those planes are safe and it cannot somehow be a transferable responsibility.