"don't fly over any Navy Battle Groups until fixed"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_800

This was my first thought as well, I still have no idea what really happened there.

In case you have not read:

https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/memories-of-flame-the-cr...

Thanks, I had actually never seen that one, and I love all of her work.

Yeah, I hadn't thought about this in years, but I had assumed it was crappy old wiring in the tank.

So now I need to avoid the 777 in addition to the 737 Max, and the 787.

Yikes.

I already consciously choose to fly Airbus planes when buying tickets.

Since the 777 is older, and this has never happened, and they are giving airlines 5 years to make the change, it doesn't seem likely to be an actual problem.

Let's hope so, it's not a problem you can afford to be around even once.

I've been doing that for years, but mainly because I noticed that I sleep by far the best on A350s for long-duration flights (I do Germany-Korea often). Also good but a bit less so was the A380. On Boeing planes I've never been as restful. I suspect it's something about the AC system or the NVH. It seems to hold true across airlines.

There's some amount of piling on around the adjectives being used to describe the issue. There's a problem with Pratt/Whitney engines on the Airbus A320 that could be described in scarier terms than it usually is.

An Airbus A321 caught fire in Seatac earlier this month.[1]

[1]: https://simpleflying.com/fire-induced-emergency-evacuation-d...

JetBlue flies no Boeing hardware and their service is pretty good - WiFi included, drinks fridge. I like them for SF <-> NY and SF <-> Miami routes

You’re far more likely to die due to pilot error than from an accident caused by the fuel tanks exploding.

jfc with all these issues with boeing.

it's fine. everything is fine. :x