Because Boeing were on such a good streak already…

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Which, as we know, is not supposed to happen.

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Wasn’t it built so that the nose wheel wouldn’t fall off?

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That design choice was revolutionary at the time.

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I don’t know where to put it but here’s about MCAS anyway, the cost-cutting system meant to keep Boeing in the game, but also took over flight controls sometimes and nose dived planes straight into the ground, causing hundreds (some say thousands!) of fatalities:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneuvering_Characteristics_Augmentation_System

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The front fell off, so just tow it outside the environment

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Well obviously not… Because the nose wheel fell off.

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Yes but probably management saw that as a problem limiting the future wheel assembly purchases. I mean you can land without the wheel right?

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