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“Former Boeing 737 Max Manager Refuses Flight, Walks Off Plane | Giga Gears”
The Boeing 737 Max door plug blowout on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 has put the aircraft manufacturer and its newest plane under intense scrutiny. The incident has also brought several figures from 2019, after the pair of Max crashes that killed 346 people, back into the public eye.
Kennedy’s Failed Supersonic Airliner Quest | Giga Gears
President John F. Kennedy, in June 1963, walked out to a podium at Falcon Stadium, the football stadium at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. While addressing the graduating class of cadets, he announced that the United States would embark on the challenge of constructing the world’s first supersonic…
Tesla’s Stock: The Black Cloud Surrounding It | Giga Gears
Tesla has had a rough twelve months. The company failed to act on its first mover advantage in the U.S., and its market share dropping like a stone. Chinese EV makers are coming on strong, pushing Tesla out of many European and Asian driveways. It has been fraught with massive recall after massive recall. The…
“Top Weekend Events Beyond Cars – February 10, 2024 | Giga Gears”
The U.S. military is considering the use of AI during warfare but researchers warn this may not be a good idea given AI’s predilection for nuclear war. In a series of international conflict simulations run by American researchers, AIs tended to escalate at random, leading to the deployment of nukes in multiple cases,…
“Missing Door Plug Bolts Found on Boeing 737 Max: Report | Giga Gears”
The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report on how a door plug blew out of a Boeing 737 Max 9 at 16,000 feet over Portland, Oregon last month. The findings are as bad as expected with the report noting that the four bolts intended to hold the plug in place vertically were missing, Reuters…