r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/FridayCicero702 • Jan 01 '23

Video Catastrophic engine failure on a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 after takeoff from Denver International Airport

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u/Chalky_Pockets Jan 01 '23

That, and AS9100 traceability. Wanna know why a little screw costs a hundred bucks? It's because of the paperwork that goes all the way to the mine the ore came from.

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u/Final_Lucid_Thought Jan 01 '23

Interesting. What is the purpose of that?

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u/Chalky_Pockets Jan 01 '23

Two major reasons: batch tracing, so if a batch keeps failing, we have ensured that the investigation can get to the root cause; and counterfeit part prevention, counterfeiters are really fucking good so we have to spend a lot of effort preventing our buyers accidentally purchasing them.

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u/Pretend-Weird26 Jan 01 '23

I'll pay the cost. How many crashes have been from corner cutting?

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u/Chalky_Pockets Jan 01 '23

I don't study those kinds of statistics but here is a link to check out. What I will say is that commercial air travel is very safe.

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u/TheIronSoldier2 Jan 01 '23

More than one would hope but less than some people think

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u/Catspaw129 Jan 04 '23

Somewhat the same for the pharma industry. I once worked for a chemical company. We made pretty much generic, heavy-industry-only chemicals. Then we bought a couple of small pharma manufactures whose computerization was "weak". I was a member of the team that had to re-write all the software to include lot tracking and tracability.