The Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft that lost its door plug midair during an Alaska Airlines flight in January won’t be returning to service at Alaska Airlines. SimpleFlying.com says Alaska Airlines has entered into an agreement for that aircraft, tail number N704AL, to be returned to Boeing and its registration has already been changed. While the jet may end up with another company, Alaska Airlines doesn’t want it back, so Boeing has accepted it as a return. It had only been in service for a couple of months when the door plug left the plane as it was climbing out of Portland, Ore. on Jan. 6.
Boeing paid an initial $160 million to Alaska Airlines as compensation for the blow-out to help cover some of the airline’s costs that were related to losing that aircraft from service. Boeing also gave Alaska Airlines $61 million in credits toward a future jet purchase.
The airline has ordered a MAX 10 model to replace the returned aircraft.
Numerous lawsuits, including a class action lawsuit from passengers, have been filed. According to attorneys for passenger Cuong Tran, Tran’s shoes and socks were pulled off of him by the force of rapid depressurization of the aircraft cabin when the door plug blew off. Tran was saved from being sucked out of the jet because he had his seatbelt tightly fastened.
“He felt his body lift off the seat and his legs were pulled towards the opening,” the lawsuit says.
I wouldn’t want to knowingly fly on it. Bowen already knows why it happened, so putting it under a microscope. Isn’t gonna reveal any further information. Of course, I would never fly on alaska airlines again, even if it hadn’t failed. It’ll probably get sold to some country that we don’t have an embargo with.
That’s what Usually happens.
At some point, if Congress can quit politically grandstanding for 5 min, how about an investigation into what the hell is going on with Boeing.
A combination of DEI and shift in corporate focus when they moved corporate HQ to Chicago in 2001. They replaced their corporate leadership, all engineers at the time with accountants. DEI over the last decade cemented the decay. Cheers –
When hiring is done solely on racial and or sexual perversion you get what you’re seeing.
Look at this current administration for Christ sakes……….. name one federal department that the wheels aren’t falling off.
Well stated, for Christ sakes.
But but but everyone can say gay now! LOL
Oh I had no idea that’s why Boeing products were declining in quality! It all makes sense! (sarcasm)
Is DEI dumb? Yeah, in many respects it is. Is it the causal factor or Boeing’s problems? There’s been no reporting to indicate this is the problem.
Do you have any sources/citations for this blatantly stupid comment? Or are you just making stuff up?
I’ve read in MRA that the passengers had complained of air noises in the seats next to panel . It had been inspected . Then it was decided by management not to fly the plane over water . Maintenance did not want it flown and were pressured to sign it off .
Much bigger story if you read between the lines and combine articles over the last several months .
Then give the jet back to Boeing after figuring out what the issue was and easily repaired . Doesn’t make sense from a business standpoint to replace jet . I’ve always thought that AKAirlines maintenance was in question after complaints about air noises in seat . Must be missing something ?
Not sure it’s totally a Boeing issue after complaints in flight of noises and then a maintenance inspection by AkAir mechanics . Evidently the plane in question had two pressurization issues prior as well ?