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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

12th Jan 2024, 20:57

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Alaska Airlines 737-900 MAX loses a door in-flight out of PDX

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Posted By Grummaniser

Irrelevant discussion about door spring strength

All this to-and-fro about whether the lift-assist springs exert a force greater than or less than the weight of the door only applies on the ground or in level (more precisely 1g) flight. It wouldn't...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

9th Jan 2024, 00:12

Replies: 1,950

Alaska Airlines 737-900 MAX loses a door in-flight out of PDX

Views: 935,802

Posted By Grummaniser

One additional observation - on the NTSB photo of...

One additional observation - on the NTSB photo of the door with the polythene sheet and the "2" annotation in red. This appears to show the lift-assist slide together with the bracket that normally...

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