Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
The cargo hold door is in the white-painted area, not in the blue part. Roughly under the 4th/5th/6th windows, counting from the rear.
So if it isn't the cargo door where the "thing" comes from, what else on a MAX would be flapping about underneath the rear fuselage?
I have watched several videos of the MAX in flight and in landing stage and none have the frantic flapping "thing" underneath like this one had. It looked and acted like cloth, obviously with the speed of the aircraft taken into consideration it could be a thicker strap of some kind......I don't think it would be loo roll from the rear cabin loo discharge point as paper wouldn't flap about, it would just shred away.
I watch the airport webcams a lot...usually they are running on my pooter screen most of the day...and I have never seen this before on any aircraft, let alone the MAX. It caught my eye before the aircraft touched down and moreso as it landed and passed the webcam beside the runway. Just strange to see anything flapping about like that, reminded me of a footy scarf hanging from a car window whilst driving down a motorway...that is what it resembled.