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9. so if the bolt or locking pin was not installed at the gate

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:38 PM

2 hrs ago

( a very odd place to do that sort of repair )

They got very lucky it didn't collapse prior to it coming to the gate.

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New Boeing 787 Dreamliner collapses while parked at the gate [View all] dalton99a 2 hrs ago OP

It should be called the McDonnel-Douglas DC12 Dreamliner lapfog_1 2 hrs ago #1

Basically the bean counters won and made the engineers sit in the back dalton99a 2 hrs ago #5

added a direct link to youtube. lapfog_1 2 hrs ago #10

Yeah... TRICKLE DOWN economics... Justice matters. 55 min ago #20

Too hot? milestogo 2 hrs ago #2

Two possibilities Happy Hoosier 2 hrs ago #6

+1. Maybe somebody forgot the locking pin dalton99a 2 hrs ago #7

so if the bolt or locking pin was not installed at the gate lapfog_1 2 hrs ago #9

I mean during routine maintenence, not at the gate. Happy Hoosier 1 hr ago #12

I flew in one once and never want to fly in one again. RockCreek 2 hrs ago #11

Yikes BlueWaveNeverEnd 1 hr ago #13

WTF. barbtries 1 hr ago #15

In the air? malaise 1 hr ago #17

At 140-170 knots -- yeah, that would be a hot mess, quite literally. nt eppur_se_muova 48 min ago #21

A firball malaise 47 min ago #22

WTF? malaise 1 hr ago #16

Between this and the s rewworm news slightlv 1 hr ago #18

Jeezus Joinfortmill 58 min ago #19

As the new saying goes, Mr. Evil 41 min ago #23

American design and craftsmanship AverageOldGuy 34 min ago #24

With a name like Boeing, I expected it to bounce more. LudwigPastorius 32 min ago #25

Get a hold of yourself! orangecrush 24 min ago #26

Still one of the best movies COL Mustard 8 min ago #28

Whoopsie! COL Mustard 15 min ago #27