Alaska Airlines 737-900 MAX loses a door in-flight out of PDX
Likewise not keen on going on a MAX, or anything.
Every thing like this suggests QC failings are being found by chance, not as a result of a thorough QC process review. Given how far down the QC cliff the company has fallen, and incidents like this demonstrating that they've not yet climbed back up, one wonders what other horrors are lurking. It's hard to believe that these QC failings affect only one model; and indeed 787 has had its share of QC problems of late too.
So, how long does one give the company before declaring them not competent to make any airframe? And if one did make such a declaration, how retrospective would that have to be?
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Consultants never take away the responsibility of management. Managers decide.
Consultants bring knowledge and experience and are able to adapt to industry and company or come from them. Those that don’t should get a different label.
As far as I know in the whole 737MAX saga there have been no references to consultants….
Consultants bring knowledge and experience and are able to adapt to industry and company or come from them. Those that don’t should get a different label.
As far as I know in the whole 737MAX saga there have been no references to consultants….
Technical consultants are a different issue, where often retention of knowlegde is an issue. In theory everything has been documented, in reality hardly anyone is able to go through the documentation, if they can still find it after a few years...
Didn't Boeing have some junior employee responsible for quality control with no actual power to take any action?
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Yes, accepted. I posted after another comment to that effect. My question/comment about damage on the ground still remains though again I saw your post about maintenance having been done on that door. If one was looking for a reason why it failed early on this flight and not on previous flights then one explanation could be that the cause was not present on previous flights.
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How do you get your shirt "sucked off"?
I'm not saying it didn't happen, but I saw this as part of a magician's trick once, the whole point being that it was "impossible" because your arms go through the sleeves and hold it in place
Given Boeing's reputation, maybe the child won't be the only one to lose his shirt
I'm not saying it didn't happen, but I saw this as part of a magician's trick once, the whole point being that it was "impossible" because your arms go through the sleeves and hold it in place
Given Boeing's reputation, maybe the child won't be the only one to lose his shirt
I suspect the 200 mph gust might have had some influence, however short a time that was. For a moment the child likely resembled the car lot inflatables with their arms flailing in the air.
So, someone on the ground gets: A door. An inner panel. A child's shirt. A seat cover. And, per the BBC, a cellular phone.
Amazingly the nearby tray table remained in place.
I picture a rural location where someone, looking up into a tree, says "Bob? What the hell did you get up to last night?"
So, someone on the ground gets: A door. An inner panel. A child's shirt. A seat cover. And, per the BBC, a cellular phone.
Amazingly the nearby tray table remained in place.
I picture a rural location where someone, looking up into a tree, says "Bob? What the hell did you get up to last night?"
That is the theory. In reality is is much easier to make a decision if you can point to a consultancy report (that is not publicly available) where you took some parts completely out of context. I have seen that way too often.
Technical consultants are a different issue, where often retention of knowlegde is an issue. In theory everything has been documented, in reality hardly anyone is able to go through the documentation, if they can still find it after a few years...
Didn't Boeing have some junior employee responsible for quality control with no actual power to take any action?
Technical consultants are a different issue, where often retention of knowlegde is an issue. In theory everything has been documented, in reality hardly anyone is able to go through the documentation, if they can still find it after a few years...
Didn't Boeing have some junior employee responsible for quality control with no actual power to take any action?
Can we talk about how 5 of their MAX 9s just departed? How long does a "full maintenance and safety inspections" take for one aircraft. Something tells me that you can't do that all within one night..........
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The seat to the right of the window looks a little bent out of shape!
Also, presuming these won't actually be back in the air at Alaska until they've actually found the root cause of the issue? I read above the CEO said there would be a safety inspection in next few days but one assumes that won't be enough to get them flying again?
Also, presuming these won't actually be back in the air at Alaska until they've actually found the root cause of the issue? I read above the CEO said there would be a safety inspection in next few days but one assumes that won't be enough to get them flying again?
If the plug was never installed properly or latched it could shift position when the aircraft was unpressurized until it was able to blow out. It appears the aircraft had pressurization issues the day prior.
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No Mayday - Again
And yet again we see the reluctance for U.S. pilots to declare MAYDAY!! MAYDAY!! MAYDAY!! that gets EVERYBODYS immediate attention rather than a mumbled call and where a controller had to ask "are you an emergency or do you just wish to return to Portland" that was after he stopped their descent at 7000' from what I could hear on the R/T recording, posted earlier. Unless, of course, you don't consider having a piece of your aeroplane falling off causing an explosive decompression (or should that be an unplanned pressure operated, gravity assisted, removal of a fuselage panel and internal atmosphere) A342
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Just seen this, from yesterday: https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...it-in-the-air/
Looks like Boeing have learnt nothing over the past few years (and the FAA are still "bending over" for them).
Just reinforces my view: If its Boeing I ain't going
Looks like Boeing have learnt nothing over the past few years (and the FAA are still "bending over" for them).
Just reinforces my view: If its Boeing I ain't going
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And yet again we see the reluctance for U.S. pilots to declare MAYDAY!! MAYDAY!! MAYDAY!! that gets EVERYBODYS immediate attention rather than a mumbled call and where a controller had to ask "are you an emergency or do you just wish to return to Portland" that was after he stopped their descent at 7000' from what I could hear on the R/T recording, posted earlier. Unless, of course, you don't consider having a piece of your aeroplane falling off causing an explosive decompression (or should that be an unplanned pressure operated, gravity assisted, removal of a fuselage panel and internal atmosphere) A342