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737 max exit exiting stage left
Anyone want to take a bet on when the 737 max is going to be grounded in Aus?
Accident: Alaska B39M at Portland on Jan 5th 2024, emergency exit and panel separated in flight
Accident: Alaska B39M at Portland on Jan 5th 2024, emergency exit and panel separated in flight
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I don’t think so. It was a plug over the extra door in the 737 Max9. It’s also the same in the 737-900 and has been for decades. No Australian operator operates either. The virgin aircraft are Max8 and don’t have the same plug (or door, depending on the airline). I suspect the question will be who installed it, Boeing or Alaska?
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I don’t think so. It was a plug over the extra door in the 737 Max9. It’s also the same in the 737-900 and has been for decades. No Australian operator operates either. The virgin aircraft are Max8 and don’t have the same plug (or door, depending on the airline). I suspect the question will be who installed it, Boeing or Alaska?
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Boeing installs the plug. Its an option based on the airlines layout - high or low density config. It is done at Everett before they deliver the airplane.
Well, Renton actually.
Ah, neither. The fuselage is built in Wichita by Spirit AeroSystems and shipped to Renton by rail as a basically complete structure - plug (or door, as specified by the aircraft buyer) already installed.
Imagine someone returning from a trip two weeks from now to find their house has been Donnie Darko'ed by the door and is now a winter wonderland from the hole in the roof. And there is also a cell phone and a child's t-shirt.
cell phone
Would it be possible to determine the position of the phone during the fall, that is if it was not in flight mode.
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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.