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NTSB Says American Airlines Boeing 737 That Caught Fire Had An Engine Part Installed Backwards (simpleflying.com)

submitted 3 days ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/aviation@lemmy.zip

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The aircraft engine caught fire due to a misinstalled engine part, which allowed fuel to leak.

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[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

John Oliver says that the filter searches on airline booking platforms to exclude Boeing flights went up after all that. Who knows if that's true though. In any case, Boeing has been awful for years, and I never want to board Boeing flights again.