Must have been horrifying for the passengers, especially the child who lost his shirt...I would bet that's not all the kid lost and they will probably need some therapy, maybe mom too.
FAA grounds more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s after Alaska Airlines panel blows out
CNBC, Jan 6, 2024
The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday ordered airlines to ground more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft for inspections, a day after after a panel on one blew out in the middle of an Alaska Airlines flight.
The emergency airworthiness directive will affect about 171 planes worldwide and applies to U.S. airlines and carriers operating in U.S. territory.
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"Safety will continue to drive our decision-making as we assist the NTSB’s investigation into Alaska Airlines Flight 1282,” FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said in a statement.
Alaska Airlines overnight said it would ground its fleet of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes. Alaska said on Saturday morning, local time, that it had completed inspections on more than a quarter of its 737 Max 9 fleet “with no concerning findings.”
"Aircraft will return to service as their inspections are completed with our full confidence,” the Seattle-based airline said.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/06/boeing-737-max-9-grounding-after-alaska-airlines-door-blows-midflight.html
Boeing suffers another setback with Alaska Airlines emergency landing
CNN Business, Jan 6, 2024
Boeing faces scrutiny over the safety of its aircrafts after an Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Friday when a panel and window blew out.
Although it’s unclear what or who was to blame for the incident, engineering and quality problems have plagued Boeing in recent years. The aircraft maker has seen a string of incidents that have results in tragedies, groundings and ongoing worries about safety.
Perhaps the most notable incident, in 2019, all 737 Max planes were grounded across dozens of countries following crashes of two of of its jets — one in Ethiopia and one near Indonesia — that killed all 346 people on board. It was determined a design flaw in the plane was a major cause of the crashes.
Boeing has encountered a slew of other problems in recent years and as recently as December when the FAA urged airlines to inspect all 737 Max planes in their fleets after the discovery of missing bolts in two planes’ rudder control systems.
In April, Boeing said it discovered a manufacturing issue with some 737 Max aircraft after a supplier used a “non-standard manufacturing process” during the installation of two fittings in the rear fuselage – although Boeing insisted the problem did not constitute a safety risk.
The Max has also faced numerous notices for additional inspections since it returned to service in 2020. Boeing says that’s a result of its increased focus on safety.
And problems have not been limited to the Max: Boeing has faced massive operating losses in all but one quarter since 2019. It was forced to halt deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner widebody jet because of quality control problems. Though the Dreamliner was not grounded like the Max, it still hurt the company’s bottom line.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/06/business/boeing-737-max-9-alaska-airlines/index.html
Boeing suffers another setback with Alaska Airlines emergency landing
CNN Business, Jan 6, 2024
Boeing faces scrutiny over the safety of its aircrafts after an Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Friday when a panel and window blew out.
Although it’s unclear what or who was to blame for the incident, engineering and quality problems have plagued Boeing in recent years. The aircraft maker has seen a string of incidents that have results in tragedies, groundings and ongoing worries about safety.
Perhaps the most notable incident, in 2019, all 737 Max planes were grounded across dozens of countries following crashes of two of of its jets — one in Ethiopia and one near Indonesia — that killed all 346 people on board. It was determined a design flaw in the plane was a major cause of the crashes.
Boeing has encountered a slew of other problems in recent years and as recently as December when the FAA urged airlines to inspect all 737 Max planes in their fleets after the discovery of missing bolts in two planes’ rudder control systems.
In April, Boeing said it discovered a manufacturing issue with some 737 Max aircraft after a supplier used a “non-standard manufacturing process” during the installation of two fittings in the rear fuselage – although Boeing insisted the problem did not constitute a safety risk.
The Max has also faced numerous notices for additional inspections since it returned to service in 2020. Boeing says that’s a result of its increased focus on safety.
And problems have not been limited to the Max: Boeing has faced massive operating losses in all but one quarter since 2019. It was forced to halt deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner widebody jet because of quality control problems. Though the Dreamliner was not grounded like the Max, it still hurt the company’s bottom line.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/06/business/boeing-737-max-9-alaska-airlines/index.html
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Mayor Buttplug has been absent on this.Crises and Mayor Pete kinda don't get along.
Crises and Mayor Pete kinda don't get along.
Black box recorder from imperiled Alaska Airlines flight completely erased: ‘we have nothing’
By Social Links for Chris Nesi
Published Jan. 8, 2024, 3:01 p.m. ET
New York Post (https://nypost.com/2024/01/08/news/black-box-recorder-from-imperiled-alaska-airlines-flight-completely-erased-we-have-nothing/)
Investigators seeking answers about what caused an Alaska Airlines plane’s near-catastrophic midflight blowout on Jan. 5 are working without a key piece of evidence: audio from the flight’s black box cockpit voice recorder.
National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said at a press conference the in-flight audio of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which was carrying 171 passengers, had been lost amid the chaos of making an emergency landing at Portland International Airport in Oregon 35 minutes into its journey.
“The cockpit voice recorder was completely overwritten. There was nothing on the cockpit voice recorder,” Homendy told reporters. ...
I lost my shirt at Caesar's Palace once, but they did not shut the casino down.
Low terminal velocity, soft landing. Good ad material for Apple.
Isaac Seliger
@SeligerGrants
Alaska Airlines and Boeing must have installed the Epstein model black box recorder.
3:54 PM · Jan 8, 2024
Atlas Air Boeing 747-8 cargo plane forced to make an emergency landing at Miami International Airport after an engine appeared to catch fire.How many hours on the plane? The engine? FOD or bird strike? Turbine blade failure? There are lots of things that can cause an engine failure, and the 747 was designed to fly with only two engines operational, and can stay airborne for a while on just one.
What is going on with Boeing?
https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1748344527965110373
IPhone Survives 16,000-Foot Fall, Helps Steer Jet-Panel HuntBetter get a Superbowl ad up real quick
Kate Duffy • 10h
(Bloomberg) -- Among the harrowing details of the blown-off fuselage panel that triggered a sudden decompression event on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, one revelation seemed to defy the laws of physics: one of the mobile phones that had been sucked out of the Boeing Co. 737 Max 9 jet’s cabin remained in functioning condition after a 16,000-foot tumble.
A new-generation Apple Inc. iPhone landed intact, unlocked and with hours of battery life remaining on a Portland, Oregon roadside, according to a post on X by a user calling himself Seanathan Bates, who said he discovered the device. The screen showed an email from Alaska Airlines about a baggage claim for the flight, based on Bates’ photos.
The phone was in airplane mode, Bates said in a TikTok video. “It was still pretty clean, no scratches on it, sitting under a bush and it didn’t have a screenlock on it,” he said. . .
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/iphone-survives-16-000-foot-fall-helps-steer-jet-panel-hunt/ar-AA1mDgDe
Alaska Airlines Plane Appears to Have Left Boeing Factory Without Critical BoltsSo when they saw they had a pile of bolts left over, no one thought "Hey these might be important."
Regulators put limits on Boeing 737 MAX production; grounded MAX 9 jets have resumed flying after required inspections
By Andrew Tangel
Updated Jan. 29, 2024 12:03 pm ET
Bolts needed to secure part of an Alaska Airlines jet that blew off in midair appear to have been missing when the plane left Boeing’s BA -0.14%decrease; red down pointing triangle
factory.
Better get a Superbowl ad up real quick