[tycho-newman]

I mean, you're here now. Plane did its job.

The safety margins on flying machines is really high, so while Boeing really should figure out what the hell is going on, the plane didn't fall out of the sky after a depressurization incident. It failed to a known state (ideally by design!)

[loloquwowndueo]

That it didn’t fall out the sky is largely due to the door blowing off at a lower altitude by some fluke or miracle. Had this happened at cruising altitude we’d be telling a different story.

[CamperBob2]

Pretty small potatoes compared to what https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243 survived. These things are actually pretty well built.

[tharkun__]

What tells you that was by design vs. pure luck?

Given the MCAS thing and other shenanigans Boeing is trying with the MAX certification my bet is on luck.