I'm due to hop on to a 787 later this year. I don't really know how much of a risk I'm taking. This stuff's freaking me out. Are they all sus? Or just on certain airlines or what?
The 787 airframe is unrelated to the 737 MAX series, which had the MCAS crashes/door falling off.
That said, I’d never want to fly Boeing, but it’s probably not a realistic worry at this point.
The 787 has had its share of problems too. Boeing really need to get their act together.
Yeah. The max series seems to be the ones with all the problems, especially the max 8 and newer. If it's not one of those, you should be fine.
There are a lot of Boeing 787 in the air at any time. You can go to flightradar24.com, click the filter icon at the bottom, add new filter, then aircraft and as ICAO code you just enter B78* and it will show you only this aircraft type.
The risk for an incident with any 787 at any time in the next few years may be higher that it should be. But the risk for one individual plane on one single flight is absolutely negligible. You're more in danger on your way to the airport probably.
I can only see three incidents with 787 on wikipedia:
2013 Boeing 787 Dreamliner grounding
2024 TCAS incident over Somalia
LATAM Airlines Flight 800
This does not looks like a repeating pattern. The Flight 800 was a 300ft drop midair with around 30 to 40 people hitting the ceiling of the cabin and landing in Auckland without further problems. This does not sound 787 related. Just keep your seatbelts on.
The 2024 TCAS incident reads like a near collision based on miscommunication by air traffic control. Not related to the 787 series.
And well the 2013 787 grounding was based on lithium-ion batteries problems and has now been fixed (?).
I would say relax and keep your seatbelts buckled (disregarding what airframe you are on).
They hit the ceiling and landed in aukland? Damn thats one help of a bump.
50 people were injured including crew
10 were sent to hospital
1 is in a serious condition.
True, as it says in the wikipedia I linked. But is has nothing do to with the 787. This could happen to any plane and in fact does happen on many planes in the past and future. A drop because of airpocket and turbulence are very common.
It's the failure to detect and warn people to belt in advance which is the unusual part, and that's what caused most of the injuries.
Is this even detectable ahead of time? The crew has always said to remain buckled while seated from what I remember, even if the seatbelt light is off.
I'm a New Zealander so been on a lot of longhaul. Normally you have seatbelts on whenever you're not roaming around.
However, when there's real turbulence the light goes on and the pilot announces return to your seats and stow away tray tables (if no meals are out). Cabin crew then strap themselves in.
You cant always detect turbulence before you run into it
No, but the severity of this event is unusual enough that it's subject to enquiry.
If it does turn out to be equipment failure (and that seems likely given reports of what the pilot said) it's worth knowing about.
Absolutely, there just seems to be some in this thread (I had assumed including yourself after reading your comment) that believed all turbulence could be detected before hand.
I won't attempt to assuage your concern with facts, as this is not my area of expertise, but numbers alone are in your favor. Millions to one, at least. "You don't worry about hitting the lottery," is what I try to tell myself. Let us know how it turns out. I wish you good fortune!
Don't worry about it.
I'm about to do that in 30 minutes.
No, seriously. Not trying to one up you. It's for work. Otherwise, I would have picked a different flight because I'm paranoid even though I recognize they still have numerous flights daily without issue.
How'd it go?
Pretty well! Came into Denver. Bumpy arrival. No issues. Many flights just like this one are successfully completed every day. Nevertheless, I am concerned.
Now if I could do something about the altitude sickness that I'm going to be facing soon.
Do you ride in a car? You're way more likely to get injured in a car than a plane. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but these are incredibly rare occurrences. And luckily the airline regulators are super good about preventing previous issues from every happening again.
And I'm sure you won't be able to shut it out of your mind, but it's not worth worrying about for even a minute.
They're all sus because it's a quality control issue across the board.
You'll probably be fine, but you could also be a sacrifice so some investor/owner can make more money than you could ever dream of.
They are all sus. Boeing is untrustworthy and has proven so many times in the last few years. Find a different plane imo.
I'm due to hop on to a 787 later this year. I don't really know how much of a risk I'm taking. This stuff's freaking me out. Are they all sus? Or just on certain airlines or what?
The 787 airframe is unrelated to the 737 MAX series, which had the MCAS crashes/door falling off.
That said, I’d never want to fly Boeing, but it’s probably not a realistic worry at this point.
The 787 has had its share of problems too. Boeing really need to get their act together.
Yeah. The max series seems to be the ones with all the problems, especially the max 8 and newer. If it's not one of those, you should be fine.
There are a lot of Boeing 787 in the air at any time. You can go to flightradar24.com, click the filter icon at the bottom, add new filter, then aircraft and as ICAO code you just enter
B78*and it will show you only this aircraft type.The risk for an incident with any 787 at any time in the next few years may be higher that it should be. But the risk for one individual plane on one single flight is absolutely negligible. You're more in danger on your way to the airport probably.
I can only see three incidents with 787 on wikipedia:
This does not looks like a repeating pattern. The Flight 800 was a 300ft drop midair with around 30 to 40 people hitting the ceiling of the cabin and landing in Auckland without further problems. This does not sound 787 related. Just keep your seatbelts on.
The 2024 TCAS incident reads like a near collision based on miscommunication by air traffic control. Not related to the 787 series.
And well the 2013 787 grounding was based on lithium-ion batteries problems and has now been fixed (?).
I would say relax and keep your seatbelts buckled (disregarding what airframe you are on).
They hit the ceiling and landed in aukland? Damn thats one help of a bump.
50 people were injured including crew
10 were sent to hospital
1 is in a serious condition.
True, as it says in the wikipedia I linked. But is has nothing do to with the 787. This could happen to any plane and in fact does happen on many planes in the past and future. A drop because of airpocket and turbulence are very common.
It's the failure to detect and warn people to belt in advance which is the unusual part, and that's what caused most of the injuries.
Is this even detectable ahead of time? The crew has always said to remain buckled while seated from what I remember, even if the seatbelt light is off.
I'm a New Zealander so been on a lot of longhaul. Normally you have seatbelts on whenever you're not roaming around.
However, when there's real turbulence the light goes on and the pilot announces return to your seats and stow away tray tables (if no meals are out). Cabin crew then strap themselves in.
You cant always detect turbulence before you run into it
No, but the severity of this event is unusual enough that it's subject to enquiry.
If it does turn out to be equipment failure (and that seems likely given reports of what the pilot said) it's worth knowing about.
Absolutely, there just seems to be some in this thread (I had assumed including yourself after reading your comment) that believed all turbulence could be detected before hand.
I won't attempt to assuage your concern with facts, as this is not my area of expertise, but numbers alone are in your favor. Millions to one, at least. "You don't worry about hitting the lottery," is what I try to tell myself. Let us know how it turns out. I wish you good fortune!
Don't worry about it.
I'm about to do that in 30 minutes.
No, seriously. Not trying to one up you. It's for work. Otherwise, I would have picked a different flight because I'm paranoid even though I recognize they still have numerous flights daily without issue.
How'd it go?
Pretty well! Came into Denver. Bumpy arrival. No issues. Many flights just like this one are successfully completed every day. Nevertheless, I am concerned.
Now if I could do something about the altitude sickness that I'm going to be facing soon.
Cheers loyal lemmy canary.
I'll just leave this here
https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/john-barnett-on-why-he-wont-fly-on-a-boeing-787-dreamliner/
Do you ride in a car? You're way more likely to get injured in a car than a plane. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but these are incredibly rare occurrences. And luckily the airline regulators are super good about preventing previous issues from every happening again.
And I'm sure you won't be able to shut it out of your mind, but it's not worth worrying about for even a minute.
They're all sus because it's a quality control issue across the board.
You'll probably be fine, but you could also be a sacrifice so some investor/owner can make more money than you could ever dream of.
They are all sus. Boeing is untrustworthy and has proven so many times in the last few years. Find a different plane imo.