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A Boeing plane put into service in Nov 2023 just had a door fall off mid flight in the United States. Sorry if I’m not that high on the company at the moment.

Boeing didn’t secure the door before flight and none, not a single 1, of the other 1159 planes in service have had this happen. What seems more likely? A door defect or a mistake by the ground crew?

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Posted by VetteGuy

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Posted on 1/6/24 at 9:32 am to redstick13

I think you're likely correct, but wouldn't an alarm/buzzer alert the flight crew prior to takeoff?

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Posted by theronswanson

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Posted on 1/6/24 at 9:45 am to redstick13

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Boeing didn’t secure the door before flight and none, not a single 1, of the other 1159 planes in service have had this happen. What seems more likely? A door defect or a mistake by the ground crew?

Improper installation of the door is also highly likely.

The fact that it doesn’t happen anywhere else in the US strengthens the argument that it wasn’t a ground crew issue as they are trained to make sure it doesn’t happen.

Do you own Boeing stock or something?

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Posted by Lsut81

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Posted on 1/6/24 at 10:56 am to redstick13

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A door defect or a mistake by the ground crew?

Didn't look like an exit row from the inside pics, but the outside pics look to be in the shape of a door. Weird situation.

And as far as I know, the hull of the new Max wasn't changed from the old, which is the reason for the other issues..the engines being too far forward bc they retro-fitted larger engines on the old 737s, but didn't change anything else (raise the height to fit).

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