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A Modern Jetliner Built on a Decades-Old Design
The aircraft that suffered two crashes in five months is the product of a long lineage, relying on systems and structures that trace back decades.
By Aviation Desk3h ago
The jetliner at the center of two recent disasters is the product of a design lineage that stretches back more than half a century, a history that has shaped both its commercial success and the technical compromises now under scrutiny.
Engineers familiar with the program describe a long pattern of incremental updates, with each new generation inheriting structural choices made for an earlier era of aviation.