Alaska Airlines 737-900 MAX loses a door in-flight out of PDX

[Ranger One]

Originally Posted by tdracer

Before you all get too wrapped up in your anti-Boeing crusade, you might want to consider this little inconvenient fact: The fuselage isn't built by Boeing - all 737 fuselages are assembled in Wichita by Spirit AeroSystems. The fuselages are shipped to Renton by rail as basically complete structures with the plug (or door) already installed.

tdracer, there's an old joke (but also a truism) that used to say something along the lines of... the best airliner in the world would be designed by Lockheed, marketed by MD - and built by Boeing.

The last nail in the coffin of that old saw appears to be an aircraft that was designed by Boeing, marketed by Boeing, and built by no-one in particular...