[worker767424]

But this doesn't feed the machine that is the 24-hour news cycle. I fully expect cable news to try to declare "more trouble for troubled plane," even though it appears to be a garden variety failure.

[weego]

I think that attempts to whitewash the fact that Boeing have managed to burn the trust it spent decades building on the space of 2 or 3 years. This is the natural outcome -- until time proves otherwise again, every failure will be under a lens

[corndoge]

> until time proves otherwise again, every failure will be under a lens

But it's really not every failure. There were 2 other failures on Boeing airliners yesterday alone and nobody posted the other two.

American B38M near Nassau on Mar 29th 2021, pitch trim issue/failure (OP's article)

Southwest B737 at Denver on Mar 30th 2021, speedbrake arming issue

United B739 at Denver on Mar 30th 2021, flaps problem

Day before

Batik B739 at Semarang on Mar 28th 2021, hydraulic fault

Aeroflot B738 at Krasnodar on Mar 28th 2021, flaps problems

Day before that

ANA B773 over Pacific on Mar 28th 2021, engine shut down in flight

iAero B734 near Evansville on Mar 27th 2021, loss of cabin pressure

Here's a 737-800 with a similar electrical trim issue recently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLonztIXXWQ You probably didn't hear about that one

Like others said these aircraft fail every single day. People who read about them don't post them on HN because they're so common.

[timw4mail]

Not to mention that the 737 series of planes is the most produced passenger plane in history.

The odds of none of them having issues on a given day is slim.