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    “Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9: More Loose Hardware Discovered”

    January 9, 2024
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    Alaska Airlines has said more “loose hardware” has been found on some of its Boeing 737-9 Max fleet of aircraft.

    It follows the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounding all 171 737-9 Max planes operated by US airlines after a window and chunk of fuselage blew out of one Alaska Airlines aircraft on 5 January shortly after it took off from an airport in Portland, Oregon.

    Six crew members were seriously injured after the door plug – used to replace an exit that would be installed on planes configured to carry more passengers – tore off around six minutes into the flight to Ontario, California, causing depressurisation and forcing pilots to turn back.

    In its latest statement the airline said: “Initial reports from our technicians indicate some loose hardware was visible on some aircraft”.

    It added that all aircraft were being “thoroughly inspected in accordance with detailed instructions provided by the FAA in consultation with Boeing”.

    On Monday, United Airlines reported it has found loose bolts on plug doors on multiple 737-9 Max aircraft during inspections.

    So far United found nearly 10 planes with loose bolts during its preliminary checks, according to a source, up from an initial five first reported by industry publication The Air Current, and the figure may increase.

    FILE PHOTO: Passenger oxygen masks hang from the roof next to a missing window and a portion of a side wall of an Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which had been bound for Ontario, California and suffered depressurization soon after departing, in Portland, Oregon, U.S., January 5, 2024 in this picture obtained from social media. Instagram/@strawberrvy via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT.//File Photo

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    Pic: Instagram/@strawberrvy

    Earlier, investigators said crew on the plane that lost its door plug had reported that the auto-pressurisation fail light lit up on the same aircraft on 7 December last year and 3 and 4 January this year.

    After those warnings, the airline chose to ban the aircraft from making long flights over water to Hawaii, in case it needed to turn back to an airport, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said.

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    The NTSB has said it is unclear if there is any connection between those incidents and the accident, but it will be able to determine if the door plug that flew out was properly bolted to the fuselage, or indeed if bolts existed.

    It said it was also examining the possibility of a systemic issue with the aircraft type.

    NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said: “We are not shy about going broader than just this aircraft, but right now we are focusing on just this one, we have to figure out if this is a wider fleet issue.”

    Alaska Airlines said travel disruptions on its services are expected until at least mid-week after grounding 20% of its scheduled flights.

    United also cancelled 226 flights on Monday.

    ‘It is in my backyard!’

    Following the incident on 5 January, US authorities asked people in the Cedar Hills suburb to look out for the missing door plug – a vital piece of evidence.

    High school physics teacher Bob Sauer stands in front of his home in southwest Portland, Ore., Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Sauer found the exit door plug that blew off Alaska Airlines flight 1282 in his backyard. The chunk of Boeing 737 Max 9 fuselage detached during the flight on Friday, Jan. 5, leaving a gaping hole in the side of the plane. (AP Photo/Claire Rush)

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    Science teacher Bob Sauer found a piece of the plane in his garden. Pic: AP

    Two days later, Bob Sauer, a science teacher, reported something “gleaming white” underneath the trees in his garden, which turned out to be the mid-cabin door plug.

    “It was very obviously part of a plane. It had the same curvature as a fuselage, it had a plane type window in it, and it was white,” he said.

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