Originally Posted by
EDLB
Looks that all hinge bolts are still there so they should be able to figure what happened without the missing door. Strange that the door blew so low with little pressure differential. There must have been something serious amiss. Not a crack or single bolt failure, more like no bolt nuts at all and hold in place by luck and paint.
In the photos I've seen so far there is no obvious damage other than some plastic and insulation. It looks like the door just fell out. The interior isn't even in disarray. One wonders how the plane could have flown at cruising altitude on earlier flights.
Looks like it arrived from JFK at ~230P and was back in the air at 506P. Before that it had been in the air every day since being parked at SEA the whole day of the 1st.
Indications of pressurization issues appeared on the 4th:
https://theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatches/alaska-737-max-9-that-lost-deactivated-exit-had-recent-pressurization-issues/