[probably_wrong]

Big political news always make it to HN, at least at first. Then they disappear relatively quick. I wouldn't worry about it.

For the record, I've flagged it. And I bet dang/sctb will remove it once they wake up (assuming it makes it that long).

[hurricanetc]

This is a 30 year old story. It’s not big political news.

[heyoni]

Are news not supposed to make it on HN? So many Boeing MAX stories have made it to the front page, you wouldn’t think that’s the case at all.

[probably_wrong]

Check the FAQ at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html, in particular:

> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

Planes are interesting for HN in general, most of us (I think) enjoy learning about how things fail and why, and learning from big business failures is a must if you want to get a startup running. That's why most Boeing MAX stories are usually fine.

"Regular" news stories, on the other hand, tend to be off-topic.