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Final report on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 in-flight exit door plug separation

(www.ntsb.gov:443)
165 points starkparker | 1 comments | 10 Jul 25 20:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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thomascountz ◴[10 Jul 25 21:46 UTC] 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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1. tuukkah ◴[11 Jul 25 17:57 UTC] No.44535189[source]▶
How about like this? "We determined the accident's probable cause: The in-flight separation of the left MED plug happened because Boeing had failed to provide adequate training, guidance, and oversight. These would have been necessary to ensure that manufacturing personnel could consistently and correctly comply with Boeing's parts removal process. The securing bolts and hardware had been removed during manufacturing to facilitate rework, and the process intended to document and ensure proper reinstallation."