United, Alaska Airlines find loose hardware on door plugs on several Boeing 737 Max 9 planes
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The discoveries came during initial inspections days after a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines plane while it was in-flight.
  • 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.