United, Alaska Airlines find loose hardware on door plugs on several Boeing 737 Max 9 planes
www.cbsnews.com
The discoveries came during initial inspections days after a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines plane while it was in-flight.
  • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    United Airlines… did not confirm how many planes had loose bolts

    If it was just a few, they would have confirmed how many

    • Tremble@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      I doubt they would confirm before they had tested every bolt on a few planes

      Or at least one, testing every bolt, or at least this bolt on a bunch of them

      But they would need a sensitive tool to measure torq needed to unlock it that’s kinda cool

      • girlfreddy@lemmy.ca
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        10 months ago

        Loose bolts indicate vibration, and that is a death knell for Boeing … because their engineers should have known how many bolts would be needed and the torque required to lock them in.

        Boeing will pay through the nose for this screw up.