I used to be one of those road warrior types in airports. I always wear my lap belt while seated, really because of sudden turbulence.
Also, apparently, because a section of plane can just blow out. 😱
Good grief, Boeing. Please go back to listening to your engineers.
This was a three month old 737 Max.
Well, this seems like it was a bad call.
Mr. Calhoun should go to jail. People go to jail for endangering fewer lives every day.
@Cosmichomicide Need more proof the Military Industrial Complex rules Congress????
This is the problem with a monopoly state. These people would not be tolerated had industries not consolidated to the point of holding the economy hostage.
171 of them. There are 215 in service. My guess is they are only looking at the ones where the airlines didn't take the rear exit configuration option and this panel was put in as a blank.
Why this is my guess: the hole is clearly a door. But it can't be an exit row because a minor was seated there and the seats are too close. Hence, that rear door was a optional configuration.
Yep. Spot on.
"On the 737-9 MAX, Boeing includes a rear cabin exit door aft of the wings, but before the rear exit door. This is activated in dense seating configurations to meet evacuation requirements. The doors are not activated on Alaska Airlines aircraft and are permanently “plugged.” The door position in question is highlighted below inside the red circle."
https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/alaska-airlines-737-9-max-exit-door-separates-in-flight/
A perverse side of me (that would immediately regret being in the terrifying reality of it ) wonders what it'd be be like to experience explosive decompression at 16,000 feet.
Hitting that altitude in 6 or 7 mins seems very very fast compared to flights I've taken where they let you see that info on your monitor. But not sure...
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The amount of wind you'd feel not to mention the pressure one ears, I'd imagine it to be pretty intense.
I understand eardrums can blow in rapid decompression. It would be in no way pleasant, and that's not evening considering the feelings of being near death.
@NiveusLepus @TheAbbotTrithemius @ReneeVoiceBrand
Here ya go - everything that happens. I bet a lot more people listen to their flight crew now.
And, BTW, that flight crew was absolutely top of their game.
http://cabinsafetyinfo.com/abnormal-situations/decompression/
@Cosmichomicide
#APNewsAlert
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal officials order grounding of Boeing 737-9 Max jetliners after a plane suffers a blowout midflight.