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Parked, about to be boarded Boeing 787-9 collapses on Frankfurt Airport (article in German, with pics and aftermath video) (www.hessenschau.de)

submitted 1 month ago by lurch@sh.itjust.works to c/boeing@lemmy.ml

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At 12:45 on June 4th at Terminal 1 of the German Frankfurt/Main airport, a parked and docked Boeing 787-9 collapsed hurting multiple workers. The full reason is yet unclear.

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Obligatory, that’s not very typical; I’d like to make that point.

[–] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Well, there are a lot of these jets going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that airliners aren’t safe.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It was probably made with sellotape. And card board.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Video of moment of collapse, linked to from the article: https://www.hessenschau.de/panorama/frankfurt-hier-prallt-die-lufthansa-maschine-aufs-flughafen-vorfeld,video-219604.html

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Poor plane!
Looks like someone put something to eat in its bowl.

Vid

... and it's not even the first time that it happened to a 787.
In 2018 & 2022 (landing gear retracted/collapsed due to unintuitive manual procedure steps in order to cycle the power in certain conditions - a badly designed process prone to human error due to it's nature ... and the video might suggest the same issue happened again):

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago

a badly designed process

Just Boeing doing Boeing things.

[–] elvith@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

The front (wheel) fell off!