737 Max 9's missing door plug found, may hold vital clues for blowout
Tuesday, 9 January 2024 US officials have recovered a panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines airliner triggering a partial grounding of Boeing's 737 MAX 9 and sending shares in the planemaker tumbling on Monday. A door plug tore off on Friday following takeoff from Portland, Oregon, en route to Ontario, California, depressurizing the plane and forcing pilots to turn back. The US Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday ordered the temporary grounding of 171 Boeing MAX 9 jets installed with the same panel, which weighs about 27 kg and covers an optional exit door.
In a shocking incident, the door plug that blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight has been found in a schoolteacher's backyard, triggering investigations into the explosive depressurization accident, reports the Washington Post. Chaos erupted in the skies as Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 faced a...
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Investigators have successfully located the missing door from Alaska Airlines that became detached mid-air on January 5. The search for the door plugin Portland, the departure city of the Boeing 737..