737 Max 9 Alaska Airlines fleet grounded

[Quantz]

I'll never fly any of these 737 Max series and refuse any booking from clients or agencies involving companies flying these planes.

[Quantz]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/05/business/alaska-airlines-flight-portland-landing.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20240106&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=headline&regi_id=69311528&segment_id=154419&user_id=f91c764e792dfc80ec4e81acd2ee83fc

[c52]

Only Alaska Airlines have grounded their fleet according to reports.

[Quantz]

Only Alaska Airlines have grounded their fleet according to reports.
Yes, as stated in my thread title.

[Johnny F@rt Pants]

I'll never fly any of these 737 Max series and refuse any booking from clients or agencies involving companies flying these planes.

I take it you don’t fly at all then?

[Quantz]

I take it you don’t fly at all then?
:) I fly a lot (at least 5 times/month). Never ever on any 737 Max. Granted : that makes things sometimes complicated, as I'm forced to catch connecting flights here and there to avoid some direct routes involving the Max.

[DaveReidUK]

PPRuNe: Alaska Airlines 737-900 MAX loses a door in-flight out of PDX (https://www.pprune.org/accidents-close-calls/656760-alaska-airlines-737-900-max-loses-door-flight-out-pdx.html)

[david120]

This was a deactivated emergency exit - see: theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatches/alaska-737-max-9-that-lost-deactivated-exit
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[Mail-man]

145 sectors since manufacture is reported. Yanks taking planned obsolescence too far?

[alserire]

Thankfully the airlines I use are Airbus fleet either entirely or in the main.

No chance I’d get on a Max at this stage. It’s quite ridiculous how many incidents there have been.

[c52]

I apologise for an inability to read. Sorry.

[Quantz]

Thankfully the airlines I use are Airbus fleet either entirely or in the main.

No chance I’d get on a Max at this stage. It’s quite ridiculous how many incidents there have been.
Indeed. Glad to read that.

[Quantz]

I apologise for an inability to read. Sorry.
You're welcome.

[DaveReidUK]

I apologise for an inability to read. Sorry.

To be fair, the thread title doesn't explicitly exclude the possibility of other airlines also grounding their Max 9s - otherwise it would presumably have said only Alaska Airlines. :O

[silverwood]

looks like this was an emergency exit according to latest news

[biscuit74]

Given the relative youth of this airframe, only a few months after manufacture, and the previous problems withthe recent 737 series, this does cast some doubt on Boeing's build quality and inspection/supervision during build.

Like the OP, I'd be very reluctant to use this machine until further information becomes available.

[silverwood]

looks like and have heard on tv news that blew out

[Capn Rex Havoc]

A seat went outside, luckily unoccupied. I can’t believe the FAA hasn’t mandated the immediate grounding of all of the maxs.

[oceancrosser]

Well, no reason to ground any MAX-8. -9 and -8200s have the additional emergency exit door, which for most -9 operators is covered from the inside. And unuseable a an exit. However what happened here to a plug type door needs to be found out. Boeing unfortunately have issues stacked against them. Need a new Multi Operator Message, SB or perhaps AD?
Another issue that will delay the -10?

[T28B]

This event has already got a thread here.
https://www.pprune.org/accidents-close-calls/656760-alaska-airlines-737-900-max-loses-door-flight-out-pdx.html
The grounding is covered in that thread.