Alaska Airlines 737-900 MAX loses a door in-flight out of PDX
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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I often read comms transcripts from US events and there seems a reluctance to use ICAO standard phraseology. "We are an emergency" doesn't have the gravitas of a mayday call which I thought was what it should have been.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67899564
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67899564
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I often read comms transcripts from US events and there seems a reluctance to use ICAO standard phraseology. "We are an emergency" doesn't have the gravitas of a mayday call which I thought was what it should have been.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67899564
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67899564
Not sure what we going on with the controllers, but the communication seemed pretty poor throughout.
Those aren't holes, those are striker plates to fair the alignment of the outer panels. the bolts would go laterally, and the recess for those appears top left and right I believe. I've owned earlier B737's this is new to me...
Yes, they're the stops that prevent the door moving outwards unless it first moves vertically to clear them. The lock bolts are, of course, intended to prevent that happening unintentionally.
If you mean the permanent attachment points for the panel, there are blind fastener heads in the holes. It is interesting that one of the fastener heads (right hand side 2nd down) is tilted like it suffered a head/shank failure. This could be the last fastener to fail, although it seems less likely as it's on the forward edge. Since this was a 'new' aircraft I suspect that this panel was not secured correctly during manufacture, allowing air pressure leaks and fretting type failure of a fastener that then allowed dynamic pressure under the panel and pry it off.
So looking on the bright side, maybe ASA just got a free diagnosis of the pressurization problem!
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Although if the theory of the door not being installed correctly holds true, then I guess I'm way off the ball with that theory.
Good question. They should also have had a Master Caution with DOORS on the right hand annunciator panel as well but as you say; if the thing had taken it's hardware with it then possibly no.
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It's not just the regular E/E door that's been deactivated (hence the absence of the operating lever and the vent panel). It's a purpose-designed blank and likely has no electrical connections at all.
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unless the inspection is simply making sure the bolts to secure the plug are installed properly or installed at all!