#737max9 — Public Fediverse posts

Ook toezichthouder FAA onder vuur om veiligheidsproblemen Boeing

https://www.transport-online.nl/47059/ook-toezichthouder-faa-onder-vuur-om-veiligheidsproblemen-boeing/ #737MAX9 #Boeing #FAA

Preliminary #737Max9 NTSB report says bolts were "missing" https://www.npr.org/2024/02/06/1229528737/ntsb-boeing-737-max-9-alaska-airlines-door-plug-missing-bolts

"I've got no bolts
To hold me down
To make me fret, or make me frown
I had bolts
But now I'm free
There are no bolts on me!"

#boeing737 #737max9

"Not tightened to spec" has apparently become "oops we forgot some bolts" https://journa.host/@w7voa/111886654789080254 #737max9 #Boeing737 #AlaskaAirlines #aviation

Oops. Major oops.

I’ve done a lot of work for Boeing; happily not on the aircraft side. Space is my thing, man…

Which reminds me of…

1/2

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/06/faa-regulation-boeing-blowout

#Boeing #737Max9

If #United and #Alaska have confidence in the #737Max then they should provide an EASY way for passengers to filter them out during flight searches! 🤬

The #Boeing #737Max9 Have Returned to the Skies—Here’s Everything Travelers Should Know - Condé Nast Traveler https://apple.news/AZP1zpKODRv2jwdqLwhRTyg

The way new discoveries keep popping up in the #737 #Max9 disaster at this point, the best solution might be for #Boeing to take each one completely apart and put it together again, but properly this time.

#737Max9 #FAA #NTSB #LooseParts #eh #GoodEnough #CloseEnough #close

Jetzt überprüft die FAA auch klassische Boeing 737 900. #doorplug #737MAX9

https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/boeing-737-max-faa-kontrollen-unfall-100.html

#Tagesschau: "Unbefristetes Flugverbot für Boeing 737 Max 9"

"Die US-Flugaufsichtsbehörde lässt die Boeing 737 Max 9 am Boden. 40 Flugzeuge dieses Typs müssten neu überprüft werden. Außerdem könnte sich die Sicherheitszertifizierung bei Neuzulassungen ändern."

https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/usa-boeing-flugverbot-100.html

13.1.2024

#AlaskaAirlines #737Max9 #Boeing #Boeing737 #FAA #Luftfahrt #Max9 #UnitedAirlines

Airlines decide how many passenger seats they want on a plane.
That’s why some feel more crowded than others.

The number of passengers an airplane can seat determines the number of ♦️emergency exits ♦️required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

In order to make airplanes more like assembly line cars and less like a handmade Rolls-Royce, #Boeing’s finance-first management introduced the #cutout in 2006 as part of the 737 MAX predecessor.

When an airline wanted maximum passenger capacity, Boeing made the cutout into an exit door.

Otherwise, Boeing replaced the cutout with a door plug.
The door plug, part of the fuselage, is a component of most 737 MAX 9 jets, according to ABC. They rotate “outward to 15 degrees as part of maintenance.”

In the U.S., only Alaska and United currently have the 737 MAX 9 in their fleet.
Because they chose not to cram us in like sardines, all have the door plug.

News stories have focused on four missing and loose bolts. However, Airways Magazine reports that the door plug is fastened with 12 stop pins as well as the four stop bolts.

On Friday’s Alaska flight, all 12 stop pins disengaged, “meaning all the stop pads became disengaged, fracturing the fittings and allowing the plug to blow out of the fuselage.”
#737max9 #cutout #bolt #stoppins
#alaska #united #blowout
https://themoderatevoice.com/alaska-and-united-are-the-only-us-airlines-with-a-boeing-737-max-9-in-their-fleet-all-have-the-door-plug/

How a panel blew off a #Boeing #plane in mid-air
A piece of #fuselage tore off the left side of an #AlaskaAirlines jet following takeoff, forcing pilots to turn back and land safely. The refrigerator-sized panel popped off a Boeing #737MAX9 during the ascent of an Alaska Airlines flight. Reuters illustrates what that panel is for, other #airlines with the same configuration, and where they travel.
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ALASKAAIR-BOEING/klvydkrlopg/

Boeing accused of relying on 'crappy stuff' from subcontractor after 737 MAX 9 mid-air blowout | US News | Sky News
https://news.sky.com/story/boeing-accused-of-relying-on-crappy-stuff-from-subcontractor-after-737-max-9-mid-air-blowout-13045085

#Boeing
#737Max
#737Max9
#Subcontractor
#CrappyStuff
#PoorQualityParts
#DoorPlug
#AlaskaAirlines
#DoorPlugBlowOut
#BlowOut
#Spirit
#Cheap
#UnitedAirlines
#ProductIntegrity
#ProductQuality
#FederalAviationAgency

Boeing accused of relying on 'crappy stuff' from subcontractor after 737 MAX 9 mid-air blowout | US News | Sky News
https://news.sky.com/story/boeing-accused-of-relying-on-crappy-stuff-from-subcontractor-after-737-max-9-mid-air-blowout-13045085

#Boeing
#737Max
#737Max9
#Subcontractor
#CrappyStuff
#PoorQualityParts
#DoorPlug
#AlaskaAirlines
#DoorPlugBlowOut
#BlowOut
#Spirit
#Cheap
#UnitedAirlines
#ProductIntegrity
#ProductQuality
#FederalAviationAgency

Boeing accused of relying on 'crappy stuff' from subcontractor after 737 MAX 9 mid-air blowout | US News | Sky News
https://news.sky.com/story/boeing-accused-of-relying-on-crappy-stuff-from-subcontractor-after-737-max-9-mid-air-blowout-13045085

#Boeing
#737Max
#737Max9
#Subcontractor
#CrappyStuff
#PoorQualityParts
#DoorPlug
#AlaskaAirlines
#DoorPlugBlowOut
#BlowOut
#Spirit
#Cheap
#UnitedAirlines
#ProductIntegrity
#ProductQuality
#FederalAviationAgency

Boeing accused of relying on 'crappy stuff' from subcontractor after 737 MAX 9 mid-air blowout | US News | Sky News
https://news.sky.com/story/boeing-accused-of-relying-on-crappy-stuff-from-subcontractor-after-737-max-9-mid-air-blowout-13045085

#Boeing
#737Max
#737Max9
#Subcontractor
#CrappyStuff
#PoorQualityParts
#DoorPlug
#AlaskaAirlines
#DoorPlugBlowOut
#BlowOut
#Spirit
#Cheap
#UnitedAirlines
#ProductIntegrity
#ProductQuality
#FederalAviationAgency

Boeing accused of relying on 'crappy stuff' from subcontractor after 737 MAX 9 mid-air blowout | US News | Sky News
https://news.sky.com/story/boeing-accused-of-relying-on-crappy-stuff-from-subcontractor-after-737-max-9-mid-air-blowout-13045085

#Boeing
#737Max
#737Max9
#Subcontractor
#CrappyStuff
#PoorQualityParts
#DoorPlug
#AlaskaAirlines
#DoorPlugBlowOut
#BlowOut
#Spirit
#Cheap
#UnitedAirlines
#ProductIntegrity
#ProductQuality
#FederalAviationAgency

https://youtu.be/Iz7SSjY3XRc
Boeing seems to be focused on profits rather than safety, says Dartmouth professor Paul Argenti
#Boeing #SpiritAeroSystems #737max #737max9
#NoBillionaires
#ProfitsOverSafety

https://youtu.be/Iz7SSjY3XRc
Boeing seems to be focused on profits rather than safety, says Dartmouth professor Paul Argenti
#Boeing #SpiritAeroSystems #737max #737max9
#NoBillionaires
#ProfitsOverSafety

...aaannnnddd my husband's flight just landed - safely.

I know, I know, but he was nervous flying! Hell, the planes he was on were not even #Boeing! (We made sure to fly routes that weren't using those planes!)

And that's the point! So many on that #Delta #A321Neo were talking about the damned plug on the #737Max9! That's like watching #Airplane WHILE ON a flight! Who ARE these people? 😳

@glennf Husband on his Embraer flight to Sacramento now... lands in 30 min. BTW: He said EVERYone was talking to each other on the MCO->LAX leg on the #A321Neo that #Delta flew - really glad they weren't on a #737Max9!

You KNOW it's bad when passengers are talking about something techie like airplane model numbers...when on the flight.

It's like people talking about HP Printer models at BestBuy to make sure they're not ink-locked! 😳

#Tagesschau:

"Bei Inspektionen von Flugzeugen des Typs Boeing 737 Max 9 haben die US-Fluggesellschaften United Airlines und Alaska Airlines lose Schrauben an dem Rumpf-Bauteil gefunden, das vor wenigen Tagen während des Flugs einer solchen Maschine herausgebrochen war."

https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/united-airlines-boeing-737-max-schrauben-locker-100.html

9.1.2024

#AlaskaAirlines #737Max9 #Boeing #Boeing737 #FAA #Luftfahrt #Max9 #UnitedAirlines

"A hole has appeared in the side of an aircraft. Engineers are looking into it."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67919436

#Boeing #737max9

✈️ I was *just* on one of those Boeing 737 Max 9 jets Dec 29 on the way home from Costa Rica.

My partner actually started researching all the scary 737 Max safety issues before take-off (found mention of the recent loose bolt issue 🫠) then the window blow-out happened a few days later.

#boeing737max #737Max9 #Boeing

#737Max9 with loose bolts?

and Boeing was fighting the FAA after they grounded all those 737s.

tell me how companies, when they get as big as Boeing, do not turn into murderous mafias?

Excellent reporting by @jonostrower, as always.

#Boeing #AvGeek #737MAX9 #UnitedAirlines