The 737 Max is a plane of many firsts—not all of them positive. The Max is the latest addition to Boeing’s 737 family of aircraft. The 737 family has far eclipsed all rivals as themost popular commercial airliner ever built, with more than 10,000 sold worldwide ...
A plug door is most often used in aircraft applications requiring a pressurized cabin. The door remains unlocked until the aircraft reaches a sufficient altitude to fully pressurize the cabin. During flight, the door remains locked and keeps the high pressure air inside the cabin. As the aircraft...
"For the most part they come with those exit doors plugged with this piece, and if you are a passenger you wouldn't even know there is a door there," Van Cleave told CBS News. "It would look like a normal window." Diagram of a Boeing 737-9 mid-cabin door plug and components (So...
After Alaska Airlines 737 Max door plug blowout, Boeing is withdrawing request for a safety exemption needed to certify a new model of the plane BYGene JohnsonandAssociated Press January 30, 2024 Finance FAA has doubled the cases it has opened against Boeing since the door plug blew off an ...
Most 737 MAX 9 models that are fitted with this kind of door plug. Some with more densely packed seats don’t have the door plug but an actual emergency door in its place. There is no suggestion that actual emergency exit doors have any issues. ...
The NTSB has begun an investigation that is likely to last months and focus on the paneled-over exit door that blew off. The so-called door plug is installed on some jets that have fewer seats instead of an emergency exit panel. The jets ordered grounded by the FAA all hav...
Those are the only two U.S. airlines that operate this particular model of the Boeing 737, which gained widespread attention earlier this month when a door plug blew out minutes after takeoff, exposing passengers to a gaping hole. The Federal Aviation Administration has detailed the process that...
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This photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows the door plug from Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Portland, Ore. A panel used to plug an area reserved for an exit door on the Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner blew out Jan. 5, shortly af...
The ongoing investigation into a door plug that blew out mid-flight on an Alaska Airlines flight is continuing to impact travelers, with both Alaska and United Airlinescancelling hundreds of flightsdue to the grounding of their fleets of Boeing 737 Max 9 jets. ...