Posted on 01/08/2024 8:40:34 AM PST by george76
Well, the ejected section of plane showed up in someone’s backyard. Which should make it easier to determine what actually happened and institute the proper fix. Darn lucky that the only loss to passengers was one shirt blown out the hole. Good reminder to keep your seat belt on whenever you can.
That's how corporations set up perverse incentives to maximize profit and blame underlings.
The solution is to start jailing executives and clawing back pay and stock option gains when a pattern of abuse is established such as when the existing 737-Max problems emerged along with the QA disaster of Boeing's tanker contract.
But instead our government arrested a test pilot who, BTW, was acquitted.
Even then, when a culture of corruption becomes entrenched by generating bonuses and advancement based on "cost savings" that short change safety it's very difficult to get rid of.
Explanation of the Boeing 737 -900 MAX emergency exit door. It is a “plug” -type but dynamic. The door hinges downward on the outside of the aircraft:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw4eQGAmXQ0
My guess is no bolts were installed when the miss hap occurred. From what I’ve seen, the door plug uses some existing fuselage structure to secure the plug. After a few take offs and landing, the panel gave way..
It was actually a ‘plugged door’. Some variants of the airframe have an exit door there. This variant doesn’t so that hole is plugged up with a section of ‘normal’ looking fuselage and it has a window in it. It is like the blank spaces for buttons in your car when you don’t have those options installed. So when the whole plug blew out it left an opening exactly the shape of a door.
Lots of planes have plugs like this. Also FYI the plane was two months old.
They also found an i-phone on the side of the road still displaying the passengers baggage claim information...amazing.
That was a funny show.
Hit that head with a head...
And keep your shirt on!
Actually, I never called it a door in my previous posts, but it actually by definition a door. It has two large hinges on the bottom along with straps, springs, a guide track and rollers along with four bolts and pins that hold it shut. It's official name was the "left mid-exit door".
I did not realize that this one was not configured as a normal emergency exit. It could have easily been re-configured as an emergency exit any time that the owner of the aircraft decided to add more seats. And because it was easily identified as an opening on the outside of the aircraft... emergency personnel could open it without causing damage to the fuselage if necessary.
If you are interested there is a very thorough video at The Boeing 737 Technical Channel:
The aircraft was not being used for flights to Hawaii ***because a warning light already indicated there were pressurization problems on three different trips*** before the one where the door panel blew off.
so the plane did it’s part then?
We should not be surprised when FR cannot attract more members when current FReepers make racist comments.
You’re saying that DEI is not racist?
I used to fly all over the world. I am so grateful to be retired and not go anywhere. It is just too much hassle. I said for ages that I have flown so much that if someone gave me non-revenue tickets for life I'd never use them. We are about to test that theory. Besides, I refuse to get fingerprinted or bio-marked to get a new passport.
Gonna disagree with you here.
The cover was properly engineered.
My guess would be it was not properly installed.
Think wrong screws, not properly tightened or torqued.
The pressurization circuit breaker was being cycled prior to the incident.
My guess is wrong sized, untorqued and not properly safety wired, along with a drunk or high safety inspector.
OregonLive is reporting they found the blown out section, along with two cells phones that fell from the plane.
it is disturbing when the whole crew (including the pilot)
have their fingers crossed during takeoff
The truth will set you free.
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