Posts by ML1
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Cafe SETI :
Transportation Safety 3
(Message 2150489)
Posted 19 hours ago by  ML1
Post: Here is some very good thorough commentary about aircraft cockpit cameras: Why Pilots DON'T Want THIS! How do we stay safe from (the fear of) business and Management practices?... Fly safe?? Martin |
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Cafe SETI :
Transportation Safety 3
(Message 2150487)
Posted 20 hours ago by ML1
Post: THAT is one hell of a serious and deadly design flaw if a singular electrical connection failure can bring down the aircraft. ... However... For this example, both switches were logged as being disengaged within the same one second... Surely a near impossible coincidence... There is a lot more to this story yet. ... Including the cockpit design, and common mode faults, for supposedly safely redundant safety critical systems... Fly safe?? Martin |
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Boeing: Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? (Part 3)
(Message 2150482)
Posted 1 day ago by ML1
Post: ... With the largest fleet of thousands of active 737s, a flap is more likely to fall off a 737 than any other aircraft type. That sounds completely like a Boeing excuse... ... Well, what the real world numbers show is that this is indeed a very rare rarity. For this case, it 'just' 'happens' to be another Boeing in the news. Fly safe? Martin |
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Boeing: Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? (Part 3)
(Message 2150476)
Posted 1 day ago by ML1
Post: How can this be? A Boeing 737 is in the news again: Delta 737 Wing Flap Falls Off, Lands In Residential Driveway Fly safe? Martin |
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We are being slimed... #2
(Message 2150396)
Posted 6 days ago by ML1
Post: Meanwhile... Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows wrote: Diquat is banned in the UK, EU, China and other countries. The US has resisted calls to regulate it Stay clear of that? Somehow?? All in a very greedy world, Martin |
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Boeing: Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? (Part 3)
(Message 2150359)
Posted 7 days ago by ML1
Post: Is this profitable for Boeing? Boeing vs. Airbus: The Data Boeing Doesn’t Want You to See! My own personal myopic view is that the Boeing board of directors have long ago abandoned Boeing to instead personally line their own personal Golden Handshakes. Meanwhile, Boeing, and the lives of people, all be damned. Personal responsibility? What's that?? Fly safe with that? Martin |
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When will the West stop pandering the Israeli government?
(Message 2150358)
Posted 7 days ago by ML1
Post: ... Well... There is some merit to removing the 'conflict'. That would also remove the deadly games being pushed by Iran. ... And Trump might even get his riviera! But finally: If the peoples of Gaza can live again, unharassed by whatever religious Mafias and deadly corruption, then that has to be for a greater good. ANYTHING is better than the present atrocities! Be Excellent to All? Martin |
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Boeing: Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? (Part 3)
(Message 2150346)
Posted 8 days ago by ML1
Post: Must be another horrible story ... Note the: ... workers improperly used a grinder ... [on] ... the jet’s main landing gear outer cylinders, causing heat damage... Really??!! ... There just has to be more to that story... Perhaps a problem with parts that do not fit?... And with thousands of aircraft to be inspected for a widespread maintenance malpractice?... Fly safe?? Martin |
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Russia in the 21st Century #2
(Message 2150293)
Posted 12 days ago by ML1
Post: The vice president of Russia’s state-owned oil pipeline monopoly Transneft has died after allegedly falling from a window at his home in the upscale Moscow suburb of Rublyovka, state media reported Friday. What?! He did it to 'piss off' someone??!! That's a bit drastic isn't it? Only in Russia? Martin (Beware, the Oxford Comma!) |
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When will the West stop pandering the Israeli government?
(Message 2150277)
Posted 12 days ago by ML1
Post: Sooo... What is the actual reality? And beware misinformation designed to spread hate. Some of the hate stories being published are stretching believability... The real story is? One aspect is very clear that the people trapped in Gaza are unwanted by any country, and they themselves are pawns in a very cruel unholy battle. Instead, be Excellent to All! Martin |
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Boeing: Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? (Part 3)
(Message 2150270)
Posted 13 days ago by ML1
Post: Searching for some actual real world numbers, there is this example: Airbus vs Boeing Accidents in the Past 20 Years (2003-2023) Which lists a death tally of 2,705 fatalities for Airbus (72 incidents) and 3,406 for Boeing (109 incidents). That's an Airbus death rate of 38 deaths per incident for Airbus and 31 deaths per incident for Boeing. That article also lists figures for incidents per million flights of 0.20 for Airbus and 0.31 for Boeing. So, for that time frame, slightly more people died per Airbus incident, however, there were 50% more incidents per number of flights, for Boeing to kill overall more people. How have those numbers changed over the last year? Edit: A repeated story across multiple articles is that the two 737MAX crashes are two 'black swan' events that have badly dented all of the figures for Boeing... Ongoing?... Fly safe?? Martin |
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We are being slimed... #2
(Message 2150265)
Posted 13 days ago by ML1
Post: Hopeful news and a healthy turnaround? Starmer outlines 10-year plan to change NHS ‘from sickness service to health service’ wrote: PM says work in England will focus on prevention, with early diagnosis, community hubs and lifestyle measures... However... Healthier food goes completely against the unhealthy, very profitable, supermarket processed foods utilizing sugar, salt, and emulsifiers. And trying to educate people about foods is a very slow process all too easily thwarted by the advertising for processed foods... How far will this latest initiative get? ... Here's hoping! Go healthy? Martin |
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Boeing: Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? (Part 3)
(Message 2150257)
Posted 13 days ago by ML1
Post: Boeing is too much in the news... There's a Japan Airlines Boeing 737 that has just now made a 26000' descent due to a cabin air pressure problem (depressurisation?) that has hit some very sensational news. I'll post a link once there is one that gives any useful detail. Meanwhile, this gives a good summary of the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 door blowout and what lead up to that: The Alaska Airlines Disaster That Exposed Boeing’s Broken Safety System | Aviation News And that brings to mind: How is it that Airbus is NOT in the safety disasters news? Anyone care to chase up for Airbus in a separate thread? Airbus just can't possibly be 'perfect'... Can they? Fly safe?? Martin |
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Boeing: Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? (Part 3)
(Message 2150250)
Posted 13 days ago by ML1
Post: Meanwhile... What could possibly go wrong here?... Shock Report: The 787 Water Leak That Could Crash a Plane? Boeing/FAA Warned About This For Years! That really is shocking. Electrically and in all disbelief... Would you believe it?! Fancy that? Whatever next??!! Fly safe? Martin |
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Boeing: Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? (Part 3)
(Message 2150249)
Posted 13 days ago by ML1
Post: Surprised that no comment has been stirred by that comparison... Is Boeing in such a very different world and a completely different time warp?... (And lives are so cheap to freely cheaply gamble with life?) Fly safe with that??? Martin |
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Positive World News
(Message 2150237)
Posted 14 days ago by ML1
Post: There is very good beauty in our very human world: Dalai Lama confirms he will have a successor after his death wrote: Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has confirmed he will have a successor, putting to rest speculation over whether the 600-year-old institution will end when he dies. Sometimes, the mere strength of a beautiful character can emanate great beauty to all. Enjoy! Be Excellent to All!! Martin |
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SETI@home Science :
s@h: The Big Result after 25 years of a big search
(Message 2150229)
Posted 14 days ago by ML1
Post: Dear All, Amongst the tumult of life here on earth, we have the very meekly published results of 25 years of s@h: See David Anderson's recent post over on Nebula: SETI@home papers accepted for publication My notes: Great news! Two papers on SETI@home will be published in The Astronomical Journal, a well-regarded scientific journal... FANTASTIC! All beautifully done. Very Well Done to all that are some part of all this! Keep searchin'!! Martin |
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Boeing: Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? (Part 3)
(Message 2150217)
Posted 15 days ago by ML1
Post: Here we have an example of an engine failure recently on an Airbus: AA 1665 A321 KLAS Compressor Stalls 25 June What does this have to do with the Boeing 737?... Well, what that does highlight is what a stark difference there is in the modern day emergency procedures for that Airbus compared to the similar Market segment plane, the Boeing 737. The Boeing, for an emergency, still since the 1960's, relies upon blinking warning lights, a multitude of pilot "immediate recall memory items", a library of ring binders of multiple pages of procedures and checks that take tens of minutes to work through, a multitude of rarely used manual knobs and switches, and military fighter pilot cold cool skills. ... Except we ain't paying fighter pilot rates. What a stark comparison! Fly safe? Martin |
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Cafe SETI :
Transportation Safety 3
(Message 2150216)
Posted 15 days ago by ML1
Post: ... What the article does not say is that the driver of the semi-trailer is an ILLEGAL ALIEN in the US... Please give an actual verifiable quote for that. ... Or is that a game of SCAPEGOATING? Note that the entirety of the USA are all illegal aliens. The people who were already there were woefully badly treated unto a sad demise. Meanwhile... Time moves on, civilization evolves (hopefully into something better), and now the USA depends upon immigration to do all the jobs that the other people already in the USA don't want to do! We have a similar problem here in the UK: A lack of people from other (poorer) countries willing to do the dirty dirt-cheap jobs no one locally will touch. That has really badly hurt our farming and lorry transport! All in a very jingoistic world? Instead: Be Excellent to Everyone!! Martin |
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Environmental Vandalism.
(Message 2150127)
Posted 20 days ago by ML1
Post: Why do EVs catch fire when they're transported on ships while not being charged? It has happened on many occasions in recent years; destroying, even sinking a number of large car transporting vessels. There are three examples from recent years that come to mind... How many car transporter fires are there overall for comparison? (Granted, the present ships seem to be not designed to contain an EV fire...) Is there any evidence why lithium battery cells suddenly ignite without obvious causes, such as overheating or mechanical damage? That is a really good question! All I've been able to find as possible causes are:
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