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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
18th Mar 2024, 20:18
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

I agree with you, sir. It is fundamentally part...

I agree with you, sir. It is fundamentally part of the fixed airframe structure (but who would have guessed it has big springs in its base ready to 'ker-boing' it out into the Oregon countryside).....
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
9th Mar 2024, 20:15
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

Any review of a process in fine detail normally...

Any review of a process in fine detail normally has multiple routes to cross-identify something. There will be the report of whoever initially identified the problem. There will be a trail of who...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Feb 2024, 10:09
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

I still haven't got how the unsecured door...

I still haven't got how the unsecured door managed to stay in place for some 150 pressurised flights before being blown out. Why didn't it go out on the first test flight.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
31st Jan 2024, 06:25
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

The door blows open. As here. And presumably as...

The door blows open. As here. And presumably as designed to do.

The door pulls open towards the main cabin. Any intruder trying to storm the door is pushing against the frame. That's the strong...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
30th Jan 2024, 11:38
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

Boeing can recommend what they like but it was...

Boeing can recommend what they like but it was the leasing companies who led to this solution, by various steps along the way. In the beginning was the 737NG-800, up to 189 seats (if you are Ryanair)...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
29th Jan 2024, 14:02
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

Something I've come across in various...

Something I've come across in various process/engineering situations is the whole mainstream Method Statement and QA checklist is thoroughly documented and watertight. However, this may not extend to...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
29th Jan 2024, 10:01
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

Following on from United's comments about the...

Following on from United's comments about the MAX9 grounding, Ryanair : "If United cancel any MAX10 slots, we will have them ..."

Ryanair tells Boeing it would buy any MAX 10 orders dropped by US...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2024, 22:32
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

Ironically, filtering out the Max9 would have...

Ironically, filtering out the Max9 would have been useless on the accident flight, as it was scheduled, and in fact operated every day until this one, for a Max8. It was only because this airframe...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2024, 19:56
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

737 Max 9: Boeing jets cleared to fly after...

737 Max 9: Boeing jets cleared to fly after mid-air incident - BBC News (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68090175)

I didn't see this discussed elsewhere. I believe United have 250 orders for...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Jan 2024, 17:06
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

Harks back to the Turkish DC-10 accident at Paris...

Harks back to the Turkish DC-10 accident at Paris 50 years ago, actually circumstances not dissimilar to what we are now presented with, where a prior incident with a door locking mechanism failure...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
21st Jan 2024, 11:16
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

It is most likely an HSW 'Health and Safety at...

It is most likely an HSW 'Health and Safety at Work' issue, or OSHA in the States. Which limits the amount one person is allowed to lift to 25kg. So if the door weighs 100kg, then 75kg+ needs to be...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
20th Jan 2024, 17:34
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

This is more significant for Boeing and...

This is more significant for Boeing and Alaska/United than it first sounds. the grounding order is not going to be rescinded until it is known and understood just what went wrong, and that is fixed....
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
19th Jan 2024, 15:14
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

Before we get too carried away here with...

Before we get too carried away here with theoretical theories ...

- The flight's scheduled type was a smaller MAX-8, which was used on all preceding days. However, as this particular MAX-9 had...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
17th Jan 2024, 17:01
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

Fairly typical now is the response to Kirkland...

Fairly typical now is the response to Kirkland Donald, the US nuclear safety procedures expert, being appointed as Calhoun's direct adviser on safety procedures.Boeing names independent adviser,...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
14th Jan 2024, 18:23
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

For all that this covers some formalised audits...

For all that this covers some formalised audits (and there's presumably nothing to prevent giving notice that you will be doing such an audit on the 1st Monday of every month), aircraft in production...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
13th Jan 2024, 22:24
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

It seems we are starting to hear that there was a...

It seems we are starting to hear that there was a competently documented process for the assembly steps, which is really what you would expect from somewhere like Boeing, but on the ground this was...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
13th Jan 2024, 04:09
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

The trouble with such "oversight", auditing, or...

The trouble with such "oversight", auditing, or regulatory organisations is they quite soon find the easiest way to perform their role is to ask the business they are meant to be checking to do their...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Jan 2024, 20:06
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

And also paid out many US $100s of millions for...

And also paid out many US $100s of millions for the earlier members of their 737-MAX9 fleet, which are now in their second enforced grounding in the few years of their life..
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Jan 2024, 11:32
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

Boeing aren't currently making any MAX9 with the...

Boeing aren't currently making any MAX9 with the exit door at this point; all currently in production are being built with the plug. The ability to substitute a full exit door is aimed at the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Jan 2024, 10:48
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

Back when the 737NG first offered the extended...

Back when the 737NG first offered the extended fuselage, from the 737-800 to the 737-900, the exit configuration was kept the same, as the aircraft met the desires of US trunk carriers who didn't...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
11th Jan 2024, 23:22
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

The fact is that there are hardly any 737-MAX9...

The fact is that there are hardly any 737-MAX9 being built with proper emergency doors at this position. It is essentially a provision for when they get sold on secondhand in mid-life, and fitted...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
11th Jan 2024, 20:14
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

[/quote] ".... better prepare them all for a...

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".... better prepare them all for a year or so in Mojave, boys."
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
9th Jan 2024, 18:41
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

I'm way out of depth in the detailed mechanical...

I'm way out of depth in the detailed mechanical discussion going on here, but it does appear that there's going to need to be a modification, which surely will mean design, testing, approval,...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
9th Jan 2024, 16:27
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

I believe a number of American ops management...

I believe a number of American ops management lost their jobs over that.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
9th Jan 2024, 13:42
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

The aircraft was last in Honolulu on 26 December....

The aircraft was last in Honolulu on 26 December. You don't go to Hawaii without ETOPS.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
8th Jan 2024, 11:04
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

Isn't that exactly what led to the Paris DC-10...

Isn't that exactly what led to the Paris DC-10 crash ? External indications appeared closed, but the mechanism, not modified to the updated drawing, was distorted underneath.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
8th Jan 2024, 09:13
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

Even more significant was the air rush sucked the...

Even more significant was the air rush sucked the emergency SOP checklist out of the flight deck. Which presumably contained the CVR switch off command. The crew had to do it all from memory instead....
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
8th Jan 2024, 08:19
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

Quite a lot of detail here in a USA NBC account,...

Quite a lot of detail here in a USA NBC account, including a range of comments from the NTSB

Missing door plug that detached from Alaska Airlines plane found in Oregon backyard (nbcnews.com)...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Jan 2024, 13:28
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

It's normally just a trivia - though of relevance...

It's normally just a trivia - though of relevance here - that USA passengers, have a strangely different perspective to Europe, and go on about getting an Aisle Seat. Noticeable on carriers with free...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Jan 2024, 09:58
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

The whole discussion here reminds one of the old...

The whole discussion here reminds one of the old joke : "When is a door not a door ..."

The fortuitous chance of the adjacent seats not being occupied may be linked to this particular flight, in...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Jan 2024, 01:00
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,775
Posted By WHBM

But although the sheet metal items may be built...

But although the sheet metal items may be built by a subcontractor, they don't also install the cabin linings, do they ? These are commonly customer-specific anyway. These would have been fitted...
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