The Boeing rot surely have spread to the after market org. to.
Boeing could very well wreck old good designs. Like, why assume it isn't the case?
No, its done by the airline or a contractor.
Also this is a maintenance issue?
We've now reached the stage where accusations of clickbait became just as meaningless as accusations of fake news.
Yes, on AV Herald. Planes break quite regularly, AV Herald has no shortage of things to write about. It's not worthy of the evening news, and especially unworthy of Hacker News. But "Boeing" drives clicks here too, because it tickles the inner monkey of a lot of people.
The media always uses nearly everything for clickbait.
More pleasant than the dying whale sound™ produced by some of the engines they use (PW1000G)