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United finds loose door plug bolts on some of its 737max9s after inspection.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:09 pm
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United Airlines says it found loose door plug bolts on some of its Boeing 737 Max 9s during inspections in light of the Alaska Airlines incident
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This post was edited on 1/8/24 at 4:10 pm
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:10 pm to Fun Bunch
You can always get a few more cranks on a plug bolt.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:11 pm to Fun Bunch
Loctite would solve that
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:11 pm to Fun Bunch
Right loosey lefty tighty?
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:12 pm to Fun Bunch
Airline bookings should have filters for aircraft type and pilot pronouns
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:13 pm to OysterPoBoy
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You can always get a few more cranks on a plug bolt.
It’ll ride.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:15 pm to Fun Bunch
That's a cursed aircraft model.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:16 pm to Fun Bunch
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:17 pm to wileyjones
I'm glad Southwest hasn't put me on any MAX-8 planes for my flights the last few years even though I know the original problem has been corrected. I'm still pissed that Boeing is constantly caught taking shortcuts and risking lives just to save a few dollars.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:17 pm to Fun Bunch
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Breaking News: The Alaska Airline plane who's door blew off at 16,000 feet was under a special flight restriction where it wasn't allowed to fly over water because officials knew about the problem.
This aircraft was scheduled to fix the problem but the door blew out before the maintenance day.
The FAA knew about this problem and didn't ground the planes until they were repaired but limited their travel distance instead.
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:19 pm to stout
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This aircraft was scheduled to fix the problem but the door blew out before the maintenance day.
The FAA knew about this problem and didn't ground the planes until they were repaired but limited their travel distance instead.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:20 pm to Fun Bunch
Should have given it a few more uggaduggas
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:23 pm to stout
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The Alaska Airline plane who's door blew off at 16,000 feet was under a special flight restriction where it wasn't allowed to fly over water because officials knew about the problem.
This aircraft was scheduled to fix the problem but the door blew out before the maintenance day.
The FAA knew about this problem and didn't ground the planes
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:24 pm to Fun Bunch
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:27 pm to Fun Bunch
Boeing does itself no favors and is a mess, but Spirit Aerosystems is the bigger problem. They have been the culprit behind most of the Boeing problems.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:31 pm to stout
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Breaking News: The Alaska Airline plane who's door blew off at 16,000 feet was under a special flight restriction where it wasn't allowed to fly over water because officials knew about the problem. This aircraft was scheduled to fix the problem but the door blew out before the maintenance day. The FAA knew about this problem and didn't ground the planes until they were repaired but limited their travel distance instead.
From what I read, it was specific to that particular plane.
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Speaking at a news conference, Ms Homendy said pilots reported pressurisation warning lights on three previous flights made by the specific Alaska Airlines Max 9 involved in the incident. The decision to restrict lengthy flights over water was so that the plane "could return very quickly to an airport" in the event the warnings happened again, the NTSB chief added.
It is not clear if there is a link between the issues that led to those warnings, and the issue that caused the blowout on 5 January.
"An additional maintenance look" was requested but "not completed" before the incident, Ms Homendy said.
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Not sure how much the FAA knew but Alaska Air certainly knew.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:31 pm to stout
That's not entirely true,,, this particular plane had a pressurization warning go off, but nobody knew if it was a false positive or what. They didn't have any idea that it was b/c of the door plug.
It's whose, not who's,,, a "journalist" should know better.
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who's door blew off at 16,000
It's whose, not who's,,, a "journalist" should know better.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:33 pm to stout
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Breaking News: The Alaska Airline plane who's door blew off at 16,000 feet was under a special flight restriction where it wasn't allowed to fly over water because officials knew about the problem.
This aircraft was scheduled to fix the problem but the door blew out before the maintenance day.
The FAA knew about this problem and didn't ground the planes until they were repaired but limited their travel distance instead.
Wait is this an Alaskan airlines issue or a Boeing issue?
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:35 pm to Fun Bunch
I'm so glad my flying days (for work) are over. I developed a huge dislike for United since they bought out Continental.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:36 pm to Fun Bunch
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United Airlines says it found loose door plug bolts on some of its Boeing 737 Max 9s during inspections in light of the Alaska Airlines incident
It's interesting because the same plug door has been in place on the 737-900 for close to two decades.
This post was edited on 1/8/24 at 4:38 pm
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