Posted on 01/06/2024 5:18:36 AM PST by fruser1
Alaska flight 1282, a Boeing 737-9 MAX bound for Ontario in California, left Portland just after 5pm local time on Friday when a deactivated emergency door used as a regular cabin window blew out at 16,000 feet. The controversial jet was carrying 171 passengers and six crew.
...ripping a child's shirt off and sucking passengers phones out of the plane. The Boeing 737-9 MAX rolled off the assembly line just two months ago, receiving its certification in November 2023, according to FAA record posted online
Miraculously, no injuries were reported on the plane, which had only gone into service in November 2023. Boeing, Alaska Airlines and the National Transportation Safety Board have all launched investigations.
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I never like sitting in the emergency door row.
Yep! Could this be DEI in action?!!!!
“This is PDX ATC.. do you have any duct tape?”
Somebody don’t do their job physically checking that door was latched properly. or did someone pull the handle? QC is supposed to catch these thing at the factory. and the crew is supposed to physically push on the door every preflight to make sure its shut properly...
That was the emergency exit row right? This is why you wear your seatbelts when seated on the flight. The smell of fear and soiled undergarments was not noticed in the 300mph winds. They probably should ground this fleet till they figure out the precise failure mode of this emergency egress system.
Did someone pull the lever?
Who was sitting there?
Did it glitch?
The hatch just blew! ~Gus Grissom
Combine DEI and PORTLAND and what could go wrong?
Yup. The whole reason for “plug type” doors in passenger aircraft is that failure is highly unlikely unless the surrounding fuselage fails. Oops.
If it is Boeing, I am not going.
“The Boeing 737-9 MAX rolled off the assembly line just two months ago, receiving its certification in November 2023, according to FAA record posted online”
Having been in aviation manufacturing and maintenance for 37 years myself, my first thought is are there any more recently produced aircraft from that manufacturer with the same defect?
It was not a actual door, more like a blank where a door could have been put
Thank God the only things sucked out of the plane were the kid’s shirt and some cell phones.
People could have been as has tragically happened in the past.
Bet they had to pay extra for those seats too. Freaking crazy that you have to pay for seats, baggage and carry on luggage on most airlines today.
well, someone screwed up at the factory. duct tape dont always fix everything, some times you need some drywall screws or dollar store superglue!
How is an emergency door "deactivated" when it rolled off the assembly line just two months ago? Sounds hinky.
I don’t think it was a true emerg. door, but a larger window in a big panel.
And just like that, there were no atheists onboard Flight 1282.
“…get rid of all those 50+ yr old white guys in favor of DEI and other cheap labor.”
My very first thought, too.
Who needs doctors that don’t kill patients, planes that don’t fall out of the sky, lights that stay on 24x7 with precisely regulated voltage and frequency, pure pharmaceuticals, bridges that don’t collapse, planes that don’t collide on runways?
Those things were highly overrated.
“The hatch just blew!” ~Gus Grissom
Wow, that’s a golden oldie! You have one heck of a memory and association ability.
There is a heck of a lot more than a window blown out. Look at the picture again. There is a window just to the right of that opening in the side of the plane.
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