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Escalating scandal grips airlines including American and Southwest, as nearly 100 planes find fake parts from company with fake employees that vanished overnight (fortune.com)

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Escalating scandal grips airlines including American and Southwest, as nearly 100 planes find fake parts from company with fake employees that vanished overnight::Why are so many flights getting canceled or delayed? Blame a mysterious British supplier accused of falsified documents for plane components.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Most planes in general don’t crash, fwiw.

That's a bit of a myth. Large commercial planes are very save, that's true. Small planes and helicopters on the other side can be very dangerous, as they fly around in far less controlled situations. They are so dangerous in fact that being a pilot is one of the most dangerous jobs around, only behind logging.

[–] LillyPip 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, sorry, I meant commercial planes. I should have clarified.

When I was young and learning to fly, he told me if I ever got into ultralites he’d disown me (he was sort of kidding).