An Alaska Airlines flight with a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane had to make an emergency landing when the plane's wall panel came off mid-flight.
An emergency bill the Boeing 737 Max 9 airplane that made it was missing the bolts that ensured the wall panel remained attached to the plane's fuselage.
An Alaska Airlines flight with a Boeing 737 Max 9 had to make an emergency landing on January 6 in Oregon when a wall panel of the plane came off mid-flight. The plane had to make an emergency landing due to a pressurization problem, but the passengers on board were not injured.
The 27-kilogram door panel that came off the plane was on the left wall of the cabin, covering the spot where Boeing had built a reserve for the emergency exit. According to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the door panel normally had four bolts holding it in place.
It tells about NTSB's preliminary findings, among other things AP.
According to the NTSB, marks on the door panel indicate that there was not a single bolt on it when it took off from Portland, Oregon. So nothing prevented the panel from sliding up and detaching from the fuselage.
According to the NTSB, there were no signs of damage to the detached door panel that would indicate, for example, that bolts had failed and detached the panel. It is more likely that there were no bolts at all.
Upon arrival at the Boeing factory near Seattle, the door panel had five damaged rivets around the door. Boeing workers replaced the damaged rivets, which also required them to remove the bolts, the NTSB reported, according to the AP.
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