[quoteDifferent aircraft types, different number of aircraft...I don't know, you tell me.][/quote]
Nothing to do with RYR, per se.- the aircraft were, I think, sold to them by Messrs. BOEING.
Maybe, if I were Mr. Boeing and a customer screwed me down on price, I might be tempted to slip in a few "seconds" /"Regraded" Ex-demonstrators or the like, in the large,but not very profitable order.
But , of course, this didn't happen. RYR has a well-maintained ,shiny modern fleet...they're worked hard and some failures are inevitable ,especially in what is essentially a series-built,hand-assembled product.
stupid press, little integrity, slow news day and they desperately wanted to give their "readers" a change from the financial doom 'n gloom.