Comment on Alaska Airlines Grounds Fleet of Boeing 737 Max 9 Jets After Midair ‘Incident’
goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org 5 months ago@Australis13 @HowRu68 "Fuselage" is misleading here. Reports are that it was an exit door plug, which are installed as "blanking plates" in extra exit rows that aren't used in particular seat configurations.
This suggests it was improperly installed.
exit door plug, which are installed as “blanking plates”.
Do you have some more info? I can’t find any new detailed info and I’m no airplane mechanic.Afaik, blanking plates are usually cosmetic, and the problem occured due to cabin pressure loss. Also, the plane was supposedly certified, recently.
Thx! And, to clarify the situation I copied this comment from @Sarah link.
It’s not a “plug type door”. It’s a plugged door. They’re different things. This isn’t a door at all. It doesn’t open.
Indeed it’s NOT part of the fuselage (plane frame), it was built as an empty socket for the placement of an eventual (extra) emergency door, depanding the seat configuration. In this plane they did a faulty install of a " plug-in "instead.
Whether or not it was a plug, at the time of the incident this piece its role was basically that of a portion of fuselage.
Australis13@fedia.io 5 months ago
That is better than a fuselage failure, but still disturbing if you're correct - surely there are checks for exit doir plugs since it would be at higher risk of failure.
goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org 5 months ago