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Alaska Airlines B737-9 MAX Door Recovered & Loose Hardware in Door Plug Assembly Found on other B737-9 MAX

Steven Meyer • Jan 09, 2024

Alaska Airlines B737-9 MAX Door Recovered & Loose Hardware in Door Plug Assembly Found on other B737-9 MAX

The NTSB has been able to recover the door plug in a backyard of a home in Portland from Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX. The NTSB has now started the examination of the door plug. During the search for the door plug a passenger’s lost iPhone was found. Amazingly intact from a 16,000-foot drop.

United Airlines has confirmed multiple loose bolts on the door plug assembly on their Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft during their inspections after the grounding of this model aircraft. United Airlines has commented: “𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘨 – 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘖𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦.“

After United Airlines findings, Alaska Airlines have found loose hardware in the door plug assembly. Alaska Airlines has stated: "𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘰𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘈𝘈 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘈𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 737-9 𝘔𝘈𝘟 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘈𝘈 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘰𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘈𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘈𝘈. 𝘕𝘰 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘈𝘈."

Sources: FlightMode, NTSB, United Airlines, Alaska Airlines
Images: NTSB, SeanSafyre/Twitter
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