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Comment by Karlozkiller | Hacker News Reader

Why're everybody commenting about it being a 737? It's one of the most common, stable and widely used aircraft families, no?

It does not say it was a 737MAX, which would be quite improbable as they're still grounded.

Reacting just because it says 737 feels to me kinda like reaction becauase it says PC or Mac.

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> Why're everybody commenting about it being a 737?

Where are you reading comments at, though? Surely you don't mean this HN discussion ...

I presume they're referring to the comments on the posted article.

There are even less comments about 737 in the article, though.

Carriers that fly the 737NG (not MAX) are finding that the component that holds the wings to the fuselage is cracking much sooner than advertised by Boeing.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/01/dozens-of-boeing-jets-ground...

Unless grasshoppers are eating those components, that isn't relevant here at all.

This grasshopper incident could have happened to any airplane, regardless of manufacturer or model. But the 737 has been making the headlines a disproportionate amount of the time recently, and mostly for reasons that are Boeing's fault.

Yeah. And the only things those other stories share with this one is "737". And, as you said, this incident could have happened to any airplane. So your bringing up the NG wing part issue is completely irrelevant here. It looks like someone just looking for a chance to rip Boeing.

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