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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. SoftTalker ◴[] No.44527119[source]
These investigations are about identifying root causes, not assigning blame.
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2. vgb2k18 ◴[] No.44527734[source]
"Identify and publicly anounce" vs "assign blame", what's the difference?
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3. SoftTalker ◴[] No.44534812[source]
Identify root causes so they can be prevented or mitigated in the future.

vs.

Figure out who to sue.