That was a McDonnell Douglas MD-83.
A tragedy caused by cost cutting bean counters.

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Not quite correct.

The "bean counters" never stated that specific maintenance tasks should not be performed in the interest of saving money.

The culture at the airline, however, tended to ignore the need for fully complying with the required maintenance tasks at each check. How this develops is gradual and sinister and is not simply explained by "bean counter".

I wouldn't say it has been fully eradicated. I just said the TAILS never fall off. Hopefully that was just a one time occurrence for Airbus.

I do not recall the rudder hardover issue. What was the solution to that? I do recall the door latching systems got redesigned and retrofitted.

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra

So, the fact that the tail of a Boeing aircraft never separated from the fuselage gives you supreme confidence in all Boeing products over their competition............??

It's not a one time occurrence. It can happen again on any aircraft if the pilot mishandles the controls.

Read up about the 737 crashes in Colorado Springs and Pittsburgh..........and understand that Boeing has its share of issues on poor designs.