The cause of Sunday’s crash in which all 175 passengers and four of the six crew aboard the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 flight remains under investigation.

The value of Boeing shares took another knock on Monday with a 4% fall at one stage following the crash on Sunday of a Boeing 737-800 in what was the worst air disaster in South Korea’s histor

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    8 days ago

    Ended the day at 2.3% lower which is basically a normal day and not indicative that anyone at this stage believes Boeing will take the blame.

    This is not news.

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      Even if was a more significant loss, stock prices aren’t necessarily how investors believe a firm will fare in the future, they’re gambling on whether other investors will pull out or put in.

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    The cause of Sunday’s crash in which all […] aboard the […] flight [???] remains under investigation.

    Did they just delete the word “died”?

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      More likely sloppy writing and pisspoor copy-editing than deliberate omission. I see similar errors in articles from other orgs daily. The news industry has rotted to this point even at prestigious orgs, though less severely.

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    In a strange coincidence, all 179 victims were whistleblowers on their way to testify against boeing…

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      7 days ago

      No, let them clean up their own mess.

      But perhaps stop awarding them government contracts until they do?