737 max exit exiting stage left
MEL’d Cat D. Good to go.
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Boeing's are good for flying boxes. We must be up to a full generation now that haven't seen a good product roll off the Boeing line. Who would have ever thunk?
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Any danger pay included for with that Rexy? Probably the most dangerous flying you have done for a bit🤣
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I'm glad nobody "fell out" of the hole. Seems like a good job by the crew but I still don't understand why USA operators seem to not declare MAYDAY but rather use something like "we're in emergency". But that seems fairly trivial at the end of the day I suppose.
Hey wait there, could this be a new idea for Boeing?
As the man said "if it's a Boeing I'm not going".
Unless of course it's one of the QF historical fleet and I need to get home for the weekend. 😁
United finds loose bolts on plug doors during 737 Max inspections
Jon Ostrower Dispatches January 8, 2024
United Airlines has found loose bolts and other parts on 737 Max 9 plug doors as it inspects itsfleet of Boeing jets following the Friday rapid depressurization aboard an Alaska Airties jet of thesame make, according to three people familar with the findings.
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Jon Ostrower Dispatches January 8, 2024
United Airlines has found loose bolts and other parts on 737 Max 9 plug doors as it inspects itsfleet of Boeing jets following the Friday rapid depressurization aboard an Alaska Airties jet of thesame make, according to three people familar with the findings.
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How ironic that Boeing's commercial aircraft success was assisted by the flawed design of the Comet and now their most successful product has the potential to destroy the company due to flawed design. They have just handed the narrow body market to the European successor to the Comet designers.
Once the door (plug) is in place with the door mounted pressure stops sitting against the fuselage mounted pressure pads & then the 4 bolts & nuts lockwired in place ( 2 top & 2 bottom) there is physically no way the door can move to come out of its intended position.
Have a look at The Boeing 737 Technical Site - Home Page, there is a 17 min video on the 737 mid door plug option.
Yes blubak, unless the brackets that hold the four bolts aren’t themselves fixed adequately to the airframe, which is apparently the case for the United machinary. Then the door can move, wiggling free off the stops, possibly causing an ‘auto fail’ light and/or the departure of said door.
Yes blubak, unless the brackets that hold the four bolts aren’t themselves fixed adequately to the airframe, which is apparently the case for the United machinary. Then the door can move, wiggling free off the stops, possibly causing an ‘auto fail’ light and/or the departure of said door.
Also there is a 45 min update by the NTSB on youtube that reveals the top guides were torn & also shows the bottom hinges are still intact.
The only way the door can move in the guides is either the failure of the 4 supposedly lockwired nuts & bolts or the non fitment of them.
The 4 bolts are not affixed to the airframe, 2 are in the upper guide tracks which are installed after the upper rollers are in their correct position & they prevent the door from moving down in the guides.
The lower 2 are fitted in the lower hinges, all is really well explained in the video.
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At its Renton, Washington, plant, Boeing typically removes the pop-out, or non-functioning, door and uses the gap to load interiors. Then, the part is put back and the installation in completed.
