Details are emerging about why the door on an Alaska Airlines flight may have exploded mid-flight, making Boeing look even more incompetent than before.
“Bolts needed to secure part of an airborne Alaska Airlines plane appear to have disappeared when the plane left the Boeing factory,” Wall Street Journal reported
Door plug found by a teacher in his backyard in Cedar Hills, Oregon, just days after it exploded from the fuselage. Fortunately, no one died as a result of the incident.
Boeing and other industry officials believe employees were to blame for the missing bolts. They were allegedly not put back in when they reinstalled a 737 MAX 9 plug door after it was opened or removed during production, sources told the outlet.
Wow:
On January 5, the Boeing 737 has a panel torn off in mid-air
January 13, Boeing 737 cabin window cracks
January 17, Boeing 737 fits Blinken
On January 19, a Boeing 747 cargo plane burns
On January 20, a Boeing plane in Atlanta lost a wheel
January 25 Boeing to halt production for 'quality focus day'
— ib (@Indian_Bronson) January 24, 2024
“The increasingly likely scenario, according to some of these people, is based in part on an apparent absence of markings on Alaska's door plug that would suggest there were bolts in place when the jet flew about 16,000 feet over Oregon on Jan. 5,” the Wall Street Journal reported. 'plug”.
The metallurgical analysis of the plug door has been performed by the National Transportation Safety Board, but they have not yet released the results. Tests could prove whether the bolts were never there to begin with. The results are expected to be released as early as this week.
“New evidence may emerge later before accident investigators reach final conclusions. It was not possible to determine how many people were involved in the work on the plug door at the Boeing 737 factory,” noted the Wall Street Journal.
“Supplier Spirit AeroSystems delivered the 737 fuselage to the Boeing factory with the door plug installed. The plug door was built at Spirit's factory in Malaysia, while the fuselage was riding in Wichita, Kan,” the outlet added.
Somewhere along the lineit is claimed that Boeing opened or removed the door plug after the 737 MAX 9 fuselage arrived at the Renton, WA factory when it was ready for final assembly.
“U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D., Ill.), chairwoman of a key Senate panel on air safety, said she met with Boeing Chief Executive David Calhoun last week and discussed the investigation into what went wrong,” the Wall Street Journal reported. .
SECURITY ALERT: ⚠️ 3 major incidents with BOEING AIRCRAFT registered in the last 2 weeks..
1. The door flies into the air: Boeing 737 Max 9
2. Engine ignites in midair: Boeing 747-8
3. Wheel breaks just before takeoff: Boeing 757
WHAT IS HAPPENING AT BOEING? https://t.co/aV3NFOPfQS
— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) January 23, 2024
“It goes to show that there has been a lack of documentation when it comes to how and when these pins were installed or removed and whether or not they were reinstalled,” Duckworth said. “He assured me that they were going through this whole process to make sure they could track the plane when these things happened.”
Boeing had imposed limits by the Federal Aviation Administration last week on its production of 737 MAX jets. Planes on the ground were given the green light to resume flight after inspections.
This plane is not the only Boeing plane that has had problems. Other airlines have discovered missing or loose bolts on some MAX 9 planes. Boeing is now under investigation by regulators over its manufacturing practices.
Regardless of why or how the bolts were missing or loosened, the situation leaves Boeing open to lawsuits that are sure to come.
X users chimed in:
This is crazy not good! Serious problems at Boeing.
Dare I ask…what else is missing from these planes?
— Renata Pereira (@renatapereiraTV) January 29, 2024
Like when I put anything from Ikea together.
— Stf (@Stf89155907) January 29, 2024
They had a DEI meeting during the “Door Plug Bolts” shift.
— Gimme3Steps (@TheSouthGAJohn) January 29, 2024
The people who install seeds are probably the same people who count votes in swing states
— Jon (@JonIsTheFuture) January 29, 2024
You have to ask yourself at this point, was it intentional?
— Peter G (@peterg11742) January 29, 2024
DEI is happening to Boeing and it will end in tragedy
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) January 23, 2024
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