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this coming in the same week when an airbus 250 crash and burned without anyone getting hurt ... is not a good look for boeing

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That was a runway incursion, nothing Airbus could have done about it anyway. Except building their plane as safe as possible, of course.

That said, no one died in this incident either.

Five people died, with a sixth in critical condition, in that incident.

In the other plane. And its a miracle the pilot survived

The person above me said:

> That said, no one died in this incident either.

In that incident 5 people died (+1 injured).

I think they’re saying the Airbus did well - crashed into another plane and stayed intact long enough for an evacuation.

Meanwhile the Boeing falls apart randomly in the sky.

How many people were hurt here?

It’s like comparing a car crash with a car that suddenly without any operator error bursts into flames. Causalities aren’t the point to this argument.

That plane literally crashed into another plane. You make it sound like it burst into flames for no apparent reason.

I think their point is that this incident and the incident in Japan aren't comparable as that one was caused by a runway incursion and this was caused by some sort of failure in the aircraft itself.

True, I think I might have responded to the wrong comment.

is this a serious question?

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