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Originally Posted by Artemis
"Aviation experts raise questions about 737 Max ‘door plug’ design"
CNN - Jan 11, 2024
https://edition.cnn.com/business/boe...max/index.html
"In the aftermath of last week’s Alaska Airlines in-flight emergency, some aviation experts are questioning the structural design of the section of the Boeing 737 Max 9 that blew off the plane.
On that January 5 flight, a “door plug” – a portion of the plane’s fuselage the manufacturer can put in place instead of an emergency exit door – detached from the plane and was later discovered in an Oregon backyard.
In interviews with CNN, some experts argued that if that door plug were designed to be larger than the opening it covers and installed inside the plane, the force of the pressurized air in the passenger cabin would force the plug against the plane’s interior frame and a situation such as the one on the Alaska Airlines flight could have been avoided. However, such a design could have added costs and practical disadvantages, some said." "FAA opens investigation into Boeing quality control after Alaska Airlines incident"
CNN - Jan 11, 2024
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/11/b...ent/index.html
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This makes so much sense it’s more than a little mind boggling that isn’t what happened.