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rinfodiv t1_j87g7q5 wrote

Reply to comment by CulturedClub in TIL that the EU has a blacklist for airlines they consider unsafe, even if they don’t fly within Europe by humanesadness

Lion Air in Indonesia crashed a 737-800 in April 2013 that was delivered in Feb 2013.

New doesn’t = safe.

Edit: dates, point remains the same

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LangMildInteressant t1_j87l1je wrote

Running properly maintained equipment is one aspect of safety and new equipment hasn't had time or use to degrade and is therefore mechanically sound and therefore safe.

One of the other aspects of safety, perhaps the most important, is competent pilots, engineers, and air traffic controllers. I'd venture that Lion Air has less experienced pilots and lower requirements to get hired. An inexperienced pilot can crash a new plane.

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boysan98 t1_j87t6vd wrote

That is not the argument you think it is. That reflects more on bad pilots or poor maintaince. The 737-800’s crashes are overwhelmingly pilot error or maint failures. I see one that might be because of manufacturing issues.

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