Alaska Airlines grounding all Boeing MAX-9s
after hole blows open in cabin during
SoCal-bound flight
KTLA (Los Angeles, CA),
by
Will Conybeare
&
Carlos Herrera
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
1/6/2024 10:05:13 AM
Alaska Airlines has announced that they are grounding their entire fleet of Boeing MAX-9 planes following a terrifying incident in which a hole opened in the plane mid-flight.
The gaping hole opened up in the fuselage of Alaska Flight 1282 on Friday evening. The plane had just taken off from Portland International Airport in Oregon and was headed for Ontario, California. Passengers reported hearing a “loud boom” about 20 minutes into the flight, and one woman told KTLA that a mother and her teenage son were seated in that row. “The oxygen masks dropped down, and I look to my left and hear and see wind blasting, with a piece
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 1/6/2024 10:19:39 AM (No. 1630740)
One of the emergency exit doors blew out.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Venturer 1/6/2024 10:21:41 AM (No. 1630741)
Wow: A lot of people on that flight needed to change their underwear when they got back on the ground
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Heil Liberals 1/6/2024 10:24:00 AM (No. 1630745)
Ever since Boeing pushed the 737 into new designs, they have had problems. First, with the subscription model for a flight stabilizing element that lead to two fatal crashes,. Now, with a panel coming undone.
I understand their drive to push the 737 design since it is the most popular type jet in the world. Companies want it because it saves massive sums of money on training, maintenance, and facilities. However, there are limits to structural integrity when trying to make a ferry out of a speed boat. It was never designed to carry out the current mission of stuffing as many humans as possible into a baby tube sock.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DVC 1/6/2024 10:30:28 AM (No. 1630753)
Boeing outsourced a lot of their aircraft production to China a number of years ago. I don't know if the fusslage or the emergency exit doors were made by the ChiComs, but I always have worried that the production quality will not be up to standards when made in China.
#1 is correct. And lest someone think that the door was opened in flight by a passenger - this is not possible with a properly made and installed door when the fuselage is pressurized. I wonder if someone unlatched the door on the ground when the pressure inside and outside were the same, and possibly partially dislodged the door, and it was missed in preflight checks?
Or, an improperly made door latches and such didn't fit right and was barely hanging on, finally blowing out.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Gordon Mills 1/6/2024 11:03:56 AM (No. 1630790)
It wasn't a door. It was an area designed to hold a door if the customer wanted one in that location.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Buzzman 1/6/2024 11:37:58 AM (No. 1630816)
Boeing has lost it's way. Incompetent management has destroyed the companies core competence and once that is gone it can't be recovered. I will never trust my life to them again in an airplane built by shareholders.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
mariboo72 1/6/2024 11:38:59 AM (No. 1630818)
Thank God no one was sitting in the seat directly next to that hole. The mother and son sitting in that row were very fortunate to not be sucked out. How terrifying! Reminds me of the 1970 'Airport' mov
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
FLCracker 1/6/2024 12:45:30 PM (No. 1630868)
As the flight attendants say: Always have your seat belt properly connected.
And now we know why.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bamboozle 1/6/2024 12:49:20 PM (No. 1630871)
Has it come to: if it's Boeing, I'm not going?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
MrDeplorable 1/6/2024 1:22:18 PM (No. 1630882)
It is simply inconceivable that Boeing, the designer and builder of that aircraft, did not know IMMEDIATELY exactly how that "accident" happened. Here we go with another cover-up.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 1/6/2024 1:33:24 PM (No. 1630888)
Yes - - but think of all the extra leg room.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
globalwarmer 1/6/2024 1:59:01 PM (No. 1630900)
Boeing must have Antifa doing their building/inspecting/quality control nowadays.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 1/6/2024 2:53:38 PM (No. 1630926)
My son and grandson just flew on one of those jets, from Seattle to Fort Myers Florida. It's brand new, in service since Nov. '23. Best advice, keep your seat belt on at all times.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
anniebc 1/6/2024 2:54:03 PM (No. 1630927)
The passengers didn't seem too worried on one of the videos.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
moebellini3 1/6/2024 3:58:54 PM (No. 1630943)
I'm just relieved that the the flight attendants union is agreeing with grounding those planes. Yea right..That had to be one terrifying experience.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Hazymac 1/6/2024 4:19:24 PM (No. 1630950)
The old saying used to be: "If it's not Boeing, I'm not going." Having moved to a suitable living space forty-two year ago and recently retired from traveling, I have no reason to fly anymore. I'm not a poltroon about aviation, but at my age I'd rather drive and stay in my region of the country, the Southeast. Some old folks are in a hurry. I'm not because I'm ensconced, and more or less content.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
LadyHen 1/6/2024 4:27:08 PM (No. 1630955)
Boeing 737 MAX-9 again....
And this is why you always keep your seat belt on while seated. That is utterly terrifying. 35 mins in they were pretty high in the sky.
I will admit, many of the refurbed 10+ year old aircraft (especially 777 and 787 wide bodies) I have flown on in the past few years... I'm feeling better about them than the new Boeings they are pumping out. They at least were probably designed and built by trained US professionals instead of Chinese slave labor. I also have enjoyed some of the Airbus products I have been on, especially their domestic craft. I would love to get on an A380 some day... maybe with Emirates.. I'd settle for 1st or even Business class :p
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
DVC 1/6/2024 5:17:05 PM (No. 1630974)
Ridiculous and uninformed comment, #10.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
TXknitter 1/6/2024 6:45:24 PM (No. 1631015)
I don’t trust China Boeing Airlines anymore either. I drive in comfort and peace if at all possible. #6 echoes my thoughts about a once proud American company.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
buckeye1 1/7/2024 12:28:10 AM (No. 1631071)
Thankfully, the window blew out at FL 16000 feet and not at FL 35000 feet. I'm sure it was quite a decompression at 16000 but much more violent at 35000
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Harlowe 1/7/2024 1:06:40 AM (No. 1631077)
Interesting background article available at the link posted below.
https://radiopatriot.net/2024/01/06/new-boeing-737-max-probs/
NEW – Boeing 737 Max probs
Linking back to Field’s thread of Oct. 26, 2023
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 1/7/2024 8:44:51 AM (No. 1631193)
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy is a Blonde Biden Bimbo in charge of your air safety
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