Ian Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋"Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, after window appears to have blown out after takeoff" by @CNN - 737 Max9 window & side panel blew out at 16000ft after takeoff. Safely returned to #KPDX. https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/06/us/alaska-airlines-window-landing/index.html #AS1282 #aviation #travel #avgeek
I was in Portland at the time of #AS1282. Miles away, I was unaware until later. A concern looking at the flight track is debris could have fallen on western side of Portland metro area. If not yet found, daylight may yield clues. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA1282 #aviation #travel #avgeek
"US grounds some Boeing MAX planes for safety checks" by Reuters - Similarly-configured 737 Max 9 planes (with a plug where the 200 model would have a door) temporarily grounded by FAA until each gets a safety inspection after #AS1282. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-safety-board-investigating-alaska-airlines-boeing-737-max-9-emergency-landing-2024-01-06/ #aviation #travel #avgeek
"Boeing CEO says company is "acknowledging our mistake" after Alaska Airlines door blowout" by @CBSNews - Boeing acknowledged it has responsibility for #AS1282 door plug blowout in the 2-month old 737 Max 9. Now to prevent more... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boeing-ceo-acknowledging-our-mistake-alaska-airlines-door-plug-blowout-dave-calhoun/ #aviation #travel #avgeek
Boeing CEO says company is "acknowledging our mistake" after Alaska Airlines door blowout
The door plug of a 737 Max 9 blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight, just minutes after the plane had taken off from Portland, Oregon.
My concerns were valid about #AS1282 debris falling on Portland metro area. Based on this article in The @Oregonian, I plotted the general area on a map where the door plug was found in residential backyard. Cell phones fell nearby. https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2024/01/door-that-fell-from-alaska-airlines-flight-found-in-a-backyard-officials-say.html #aviation #travel #avgeek
"FAA recommends door plug inspections on another Boeing model after midair Alaska blowout" by @NBCNews - Older Boeing 737-900ER has same door plugs as Max9. Alaska was already inspecting out of "an abundance of caution". https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/faa-recommends-door-plug-inspections-boeing-model-midair-alaska-blowou-rcna134986 #AS1282 #aviation #travel #avgeek
"The FAA lays out a path for Boeing 737 Max 9 to fly again, but new concerns surface" by @npr - Approved inspection procedure will get existing Max 9s flying again. More reviews before Boeing can increase production rate. https://www.npr.org/2024/01/24/1226762641/faa-boeing-737-max-9-grounded-inspections-resume #AS1282 #aviation #travel #avgeek
"Portland International Airport passengers have mixed reaction to Boeing 737 MAX 9s in the air again" by @KGWNews NBC Portland - With FAA-approved inspection procedure, Alaska & United returning their 737 Max 9s to flight. https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/alaska-airlines-737-max-9-flights-portland-international-airport/283-9a11f175-1011-45f9-86fd-c0b439f4408a #AS1282 #KPDX #aviation #travel #avgeek
"Bolts appeared to be missing from Boeing 737 Max door plug that blew off midflight, NTSB says" by @CNBC / @lesliejosephs - NTSB found door plug was opened after assembly to fix rivets, and bolts weren't reinstalled https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/06/ntsb-boeing-737-max-9-report-bolts-appeared-missing-from-alaska-air-plane.html #AS1282 #aviation #travel #avgeek
JL Johnson 
@ikluft was chatting with some guys and we decided Boeing might consider changing their name to Wing and a Prayer SMH!
@User47 This was a serious goof. But at least now we know when and how it happened. Human error from forgetting something is routinely dealt with by checklists and cross-checking/reviewing work. So actually we can have confidence they'll be able to resolve this so it doesn't happen again.
The scary thought to me is, although the seat next to the door plug was empty on AS1282, how many people sat next to it on prior flights? They would likely have died if it happened on their flight.
@ikluft how many other egregious whoopsie-doos exist? 🙁 and where are all of the problems with the planes the “lazy” French build 😂
@User47 Airbus has had problems too. Each had pilot-override crashes after adopting fly-by-wire: A320 was Air France 296Q in 1988, 737Max was JT610 in 2018 & ET302 in 2019. Airbus had recent quality issues with A350 paint & composite delamination - settled in court but lack transparency whether it's really fixed yet. Airbus had an egregious user interface problem with AF447 2009 where pilot inputs didn't mean what FO thought when control law changed, other pilot got no warnings about conflict.
@User47 We really need to focus on finding root causes of problems, including systemic and human factors behind some. Solve those with procedures that will prevent them. It works.
The door plug blowout is triggering talks betwen Boeing & Spirit that they needed to have about working more closely together. But Boeing really shouldn't have spun-out Spirit to start with.