Boeing 737Max Back In the News

[NationalTitles18]

Update:

Our itinerary now lists a Max 9 for the first leg.

 

[92tide]

I was curious how it attached and found this. There is no mechanism to lock it in place like a regular door. No way someone missed all those bolts either. This has to be some design or material flaw…
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no duct tape anywhere. i think i see the problem

 

[2003TIDE]

Did they even tightened it enough to compress the lock washer?

/r/aviation is saying Spirit installs and hand tightens bolts for delivery to Boeing. Then, Boeing looks at the order and based on config decides if the plane gets a real door or not. If not, they torque the plug bolts to final spec. Seems like if that is the process it would be pretty easy to see where it failed.

 

[TexasBama]

They found the door

New details emerge on piece of Alaska Airlines plane that blew off midflight as investigators probe ‘explosive decompression’

Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of part of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage are testing the detached piece for clues on what led up to the plane’s “explosive decompression” after the missing piece was discovered in an Oregon backyard.

www.yahoo.com

 

[jthomas666]

 

[CrimsonJazz]

 

[Bamaro]

AP The nation’s top accident investigator says warning lights were triggered on three flights, including each of the two days before the brand-new Boeing 737 Max 9 suffered a terrifying fuselage blowout Friday night. A plug covering a spot left for an emergency door tore off the plane as it flew 16,000 feet (4,800 meters) above Oregon.

 

[Elefantman]

United, Alaska Find Loose Parts on Some Boeing 737 MAX 9 Jets

The airlines are inspecting the aircraft grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration after a door-plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight.

www.wsj.com

The four bolts designed to keep the plug from moving off the stops were missing, they said, adding that they would work to determine whether the bolts had ever even been installed.

 

[crimsonaudio]

ETA: SORRY - initially missed that this had a curse word. Corrected!

 

[TIDE-HSV]

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It wouldn't be. The necessary elements of fiduciary duty or a relationship of trust or confidence would be missing...

 

[TexasBama]

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ETA: SORRY - initially missed that this had a curse word. Corrected!

If someone in fact did that, I would want to party with them

 

[2003TIDE]

Boeing’s stock tumbles after report warns investigation will open ‘a whole new can of worms’ | CNN Business

A dose of realism from Wall St. No chance Boeing goes under, but the execs are going to sweat when the stock tanks.

 

[BamaFlum]

Boeing used to make the best airliners now they are a laughing stock. Pilot friend of mine flies the 777. He said it’s been steadily going down hill ever since the Boeing MD merger.

 

[crimsonaudio]

"Give me Airbus or give me death!" - me

This video is insane!

Atlas Air flight 95 departed from Miami International Airport Thursday night at 10:32pm ET and immediately circled back to land at MIA at 10:46pm, according to FlightAware, after video shows flames coming from the Boeing 747-8

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1748230327804301449

 

[CrimsonJazz]

 

[Bamaro]

"Give me Airbus or give me death!" - me

This video is insane!

Atlas Air flight 95 departed from Miami International Airport Thursday night at 10:32pm ET and immediately circled back to land at MIA at 10:46pm, according to FlightAware, after video shows flames coming from the Boeing 747-8

In all fairness, this one is most likely on the engine manufacturer or airline maintenance, not Boeing.

 

[crimsonaudio]

In all fairness, this one is most likely on the engine manufacturer or airline maintenance, not Boeing.

True, but still...

 

[TIDE-HSV]

In all fairness, this one is most likely on the engine manufacturer or airline maintenance, not Boeing.

The final bag-holder is Boeing and its QC. They can't rely on the fact that the fuselage was subcontracted to Spirit. JMO, but they had this coming. The plane looks like a monstrosity, with the engines jutted so far forward on pods, to make an airliner carry double the capacity the airframe was originally designed for...

 

[JDCrimson]

Is Boeing too big to fail?

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Is Boeing too big to fail?

Pretty close. They are the only viable competition to Airbus, not to mention a lot of other irons in the fire. That's part of their problem, IMO. "The fruits of monopoly are not vast profits, but a sound sleep" Thurman Arnold (I think)...