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

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by A0283

Question - Does someone know if they use this structure assy as the basis for the manufacture of an active door (machining/drilling/bushing this assy and adding emergency operating mechanisms)?

Almost certainly not, I can't see any advantage in doing that compared to building an actual E/E door from scratch.