NotHardUp1
What? Me? Really?
An Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California blew open from a panel in the fuselage detaching as the craft was climbing.
The section is a built-in door that is not used in this configuration of the 737 Max 9, and is fully covered in the plane, appearing the same as the rest of the cabin with just a normal window in the middle of it.
Thankfully, no passengers sat in the first two seats adjacent to the gaping hole, but the passenger in the row ahead had his shirt ripped off him by the outflow of the cabin air.
The plane landed safely soon after with no fatalities, but the FAA and Boeing have grounded the fleet, pending investigation. There is concern the bolts holding the section may not have been properly installed at the factory.
NTSB officials have asked for assistance in finding the "door" somewhere seven miles from the airport.
Jeepers! You can bet some underwear was changed when they landed. I'm not sure what the Brown Noise sounds like, but I am sure a panel blowing out in flight is one of them.
www.ocregister.com
The section is a built-in door that is not used in this configuration of the 737 Max 9, and is fully covered in the plane, appearing the same as the rest of the cabin with just a normal window in the middle of it.
Thankfully, no passengers sat in the first two seats adjacent to the gaping hole, but the passenger in the row ahead had his shirt ripped off him by the outflow of the cabin air.
The plane landed safely soon after with no fatalities, but the FAA and Boeing have grounded the fleet, pending investigation. There is concern the bolts holding the section may not have been properly installed at the factory.
NTSB officials have asked for assistance in finding the "door" somewhere seven miles from the airport.
Jeepers! You can bet some underwear was changed when they landed. I'm not sure what the Brown Noise sounds like, but I am sure a panel blowing out in flight is one of them.
Alaska Airlines again grounds all Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners as more maintenance may be needed
The FAA had ordered that all 737 Max 9s be grounded after an Alaska Airlines flight had a portion of its fuselage blow out over Oregon on Friday night.




