So everything here happened the way it was supposed to happen, as designed. (It’s fun to shit on Boeing, but I know someone here will try to spin this into a “bOeInG cAn’T eVeN dEsiGn BrAkEs cOrReCtLy” kind of thing.)

Just in the pilots’ shorts I’d wager.. 

We’ve tried everything, except paying people what the job is worth, and we’re all out of ideas!

aircraft tire SME here, and came to post this. In my field we refer to the release plugs you mention as “fuse plugs”. Blowing the fuse plugs is usally a delayed effect thing, as you need time for the heat to go from the brakes to the wheel where the use plugs are. Most aircraft I work with have fuse plugs that melt in…

Agree. The photo shows deflated, not “burst” tires in the catastrophic sense.

The photo at the top of the article supports your view.  There is no obvious skid marks around the tires.

It seems dirty that they even mention Boeing in the headline.

Just to clarify, the aircraft didn’t likely blow its tires DURING the braking event. Aircraft tires have pressure release plugs that allow a “controlled blowout” if things get too hot. This is to prevent a more violent, catastrophic explosion of the tire which could cause damage to the aircraft both externally, and…

Chicken and egg staffing prob, rather common I think. Cant get new employees because the job is too stressful unless fully staffed. But cant get fully staffed without new employees. Almost have to bring in a bunch at once (to prove “fully staffed” to the other noobs), but then really hard to train so many in parallel.

$4,200 on making it look exactly the same.

Yeah, they’ll find him in the break room asking his buddies to keep this quiet. 

It sucks, but you are correct.  I grew up vacationing in St. Petes Beach and I want to take my kids there but ain’t no way, ain’t no how.

It’s Florida: Don’t travel there, don’t move there, don’t buy anything from there. Boycott that dysfunctional fascist hellscape.

Every vehicle on sale in the US today that is not an EV should be a PHEV. Every single one. There is no excuse for a modern car or SUV to get less than 50 miles per gallon, and there is no excuse for a full-size truck to get less than 30. It is trivial for a modern PHEV to have 25 miles of electric-only range with…

I don’t understand why anyone wouldn’t just charge their PHEV all the time. I keep mine topped off whenever possible, as my MPG is so, so much better that way.

Uh, buying a car from a company who’s CEO is no longer interested in making cars may not be the ringing endorsement you think it is. They’re already, reportedly, a pain to get maintenance completed. If cars aren’t their focus, don’t expect that, or the resale/trade-in values, to get better.

There were serious problems with the approach, but the myth that it came within 150 feet of the water was debunked nearly immediately after this occurred. That altitude was based on ADS-B which reports based on adjusted barometric pressure which can unreliable. That’s why planes use a radar altimiter for terminal…

Elon is the only reason I don’t have a Tesla sitting in my driveway right now. I can’t be the only one.

Because it was one of only 40 made of this model? Not a hard concept.

Not of that model. Hendrick Motorsports made only 40 of these cars.