Boeing 737 Max 9 - Alaska Airlines blowout

[Jamesc]

Alaska has a lot of trees right?

Maybe they will let their customers bring a plank of wood

to bolt the door so it cannot be opened?

[Jamesc]

Even pilots have been sucked out of aeroplanes

[Karoon]

On 1/8/2024 at 3:28 PM, Voodooman said:

If you watched "Downfall: The Case Against Boeing" on Netflix, it is pretty worrying that the old safety culture of Boeing had ranked far behind shareholders' returns for many years.  

Thought many changes have been made, maybe it will take 10 years,  like our MRT.  

 

Ya the culture changed after they merged with Mcd Douglas. By the time 737-max happened the c-suites were all bean counters, no more engineers. 

[bsswan]

On 1/8/2024 at 5:33 PM, Karoon said:

Ya the culture changed after they merged with Mcd Douglas. By the time 737-max happened the c-suites were all bean counters, no more engineers. 

True.

Give me Airbus, they proceeded with the A380 already half knowing it wouldn't turn a profit. I think it's time will return.

[Beanoyip]

On 1/8/2024 at 4:33 PM, Karoon said:

Ya the culture changed after they merged with Mcd Douglas. By the time 737-max happened the c-suites were all bean counters, no more engineers. 

There was a documentary on this, investigating the 737 max issues.

[bsswan]

Shocker, United also find problems......... looks like Loctite too expensive.

[Didu]

Positive : iphone can survive 5000m drop!!     

Negative : Stranger can see content in iphone's email.  

iPhone survives 5,000m fall from Alaska Airlines' Boeing 737 Max 9 flight

Now that's what you call airplane mode - an iPhone plummeted 5,000m from the Alaska Airlines flight in a mid-air incident, but landed without a single crack in the screen and even a battery still half-charged. The phone was sucked out of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Friday (Jan 5) when a fuselage panel blew off the Boeing 737 Max 9, leaving a gaping hole. 

Amid a search for debris, a man named Sean Bates in the northwestern state of Washington found an iPhone on the side of the road, appearing to belong to one of the passengers.

SMARTPHONE REMAINED ON FLIGHT MODE

A photo of the device posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday, showed the intact screen and an emailed US$70 baggage receipt. The battery is shown charged to 44 per cent and the smartphone remains in flight mode.

Aside from the port, where the terminal of the charger protrudes after being ripped from the rest of the cord, the phone appears untouched.

In a follow-up TikTok post, Bates said he'd found the phone "pretty clean, no scratches on it, sitting under a bush".

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/iphone-survives-5000m-fall-boeing-737-max-9-alaska-airlines-flight-4032706

 

[bsswan]

On 1/9/2024 at 11:44 AM, Didu said:

Positive : iphone can survive 5000m drop!!     

Negative : Stranger can see content in iphone's email.  

iPhone survives 5,000m fall from Alaska Airlines' Boeing 737 Max 9 flight

Now that's what you call airplane mode - an iPhone plummeted 5,000m from the Alaska Airlines flight in a mid-air incident, but landed without a single crack in the screen and even a battery still half-charged. The phone was sucked out of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Friday (Jan 5) when a fuselage panel blew off the Boeing 737 Max 9, leaving a gaping hole. 

Amid a search for debris, a man named Sean Bates in the northwestern state of Washington found an iPhone on the side of the road, appearing to belong to one of the passengers.

SMARTPHONE REMAINED ON FLIGHT MODE

A photo of the device posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday, showed the intact screen and an emailed US$70 baggage receipt. The battery is shown charged to 44 per cent and the smartphone remains in flight mode.

Aside from the port, where the terminal of the charger protrudes after being ripped from the rest of the cord, the phone appears untouched.

In a follow-up TikTok post, Bates said he'd found the phone "pretty clean, no scratches on it, sitting under a bush".

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/iphone-survives-5000m-fall-boeing-737-max-9-alaska-airlines-flight-4032706

 

Sh!!!!!!!!!t, seventy bucks for luggage!

 

 

Yeah, sad, that's what I took from it 😏

[Jamesc]

Why owner never use lock screen if no input?

[Didu]

On 1/9/2024 at 11:44 AM, Didu said:

Positive : iphone can survive 5000m drop!!     

Negative : Stranger can see content in iphone's email.  

iPhone survives 5,000m fall from Alaska Airlines' Boeing 737 Max 9 flight

Now that's what you call airplane mode - an iPhone plummeted 5,000m from the Alaska Airlines flight in a mid-air incident, but landed without a single crack in the screen and even a battery still half-charged. The phone was sucked out of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Friday (Jan 5) when a fuselage panel blew off the Boeing 737 Max 9, leaving a gaping hole. 

Amid a search for debris, a man named Sean Bates in the northwestern state of Washington found an iPhone on the side of the road, appearing to belong to one of the passengers.

SMARTPHONE REMAINED ON FLIGHT MODE

A photo of the device posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday, showed the intact screen and an emailed US$70 baggage receipt. The battery is shown charged to 44 per cent and the smartphone remains in flight mode.

Aside from the port, where the terminal of the charger protrudes after being ripped from the rest of the cord, the phone appears untouched.

In a follow-up TikTok post, Bates said he'd found the phone "pretty clean, no scratches on it, sitting under a bush".

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/iphone-survives-5000m-fall-boeing-737-max-9-alaska-airlines-flight-4032706

it's mind-boggling.  It defies science. How is it possible to survive a fall from 5000m?? Any physicists to venture a wild guess? 

[Ody_2004]

On 1/9/2024 at 9:30 AM, bsswan said:

Shocker, United also find problems......... looks like Loctite too expensive.

 

[Sosaria]

This is a symptom of higher management driven by "cheaper, better, faster" thinking combined with the current generation's apathetic, "work-life balance" workforce

It's happening in many companies and affecting many products and services nowadays.

Edited January 9, 2024 by Sosaria

[Wt_know]

Boeing .... the Max series jit dong jeng liao !

Edited January 9, 2024 by Wt_know

[Kb27]

United found some loose bolts. 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67919436

Boeing 737 Max 9: United Airlines find loose hardware in jet inspections

[ER-3682]

On 1/9/2024 at 7:18 PM, Didu said:

it's mind-boggling.  It defies science. How is it possible to survive a fall from 5000m?? Any physicists to venture a wild guess? 

Maybe Landed in Thick Grass.

[mersaylee]

On 1/9/2024 at 7:18 PM, Didu said:

it's mind-boggling.  It defies science. How is it possible to survive a fall from 5000m?? Any physicists to venture a wild guess? 

I tink it must had hit many flocks of wild geese along the way down...poor bak lu koo geese...😁

[Atonchia]

The investigation continues.....

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2024/01/1000106/made-malaysia-inscription-found-door-plug-depressurized-alaska-airlines

[Kb27]

Alaska Airlines CEO: We found 'many' loose bolts on our Max 9 planes following near-disaster

Jan. 24, 2024, 4:44 AM +08 / Updated Jan. 24, 2024, 8:41 AM +08

By Tom Costello and Rob Wile

The CEO of Alaska Airlines said new, in-house inspections of the carrier's Boeing 737 Max 9 planes in the wake of a near-disaster earlier this month revealed that “many” of the aircraft were found to have loose bolts.

In an exclusive interview with NBC News senior correspondent Tom Costello, Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci discussed the findings of his company's inspections so far since the Jan. 5 incident, in which a panel on one of its Max 9 jets blew out midair on a flight carrying 177 people.

“I’m more than frustrated and disappointed,” he said. “I am angry. This happened to Alaska Airlines. It happened to our guests and happened to our people. And — my demand on Boeing is what are they going to do to improve their quality programs in-house.”

Following the incident, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered all Boeing Max 9 planes grounded and launched a safety investigation. The agency also announced an audit of Boeing's Max 9 production line and suppliers "to evaluate Boeing’s compliance with its approved quality procedures." It is also subjecting Boeing, as well as its third-party suppliers, to additional increased monitoring.

The incident also prompted lawmakers to question whether Boeing's quality control systems are adequate.

“Given the previous tragic crashes of Boeing 737 Max aircraft, we are deeply concerned that the loose bolts represent a systemic issue with Boeing’s capabilities to manufacture safe airplanes,” Sens. Ed Markey, J.D. Vance and Peter Welch wrote to Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun earlier this month.