07-01-2024, 02:46 PM
Not a lot of fun for those poor people but they landed safely.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67903655
"The US airline regulator has ordered the grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jets after part of one plane fell off during an Alaska Airlines flight.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the inspections would affect 171 planes.
On Friday the Alaska Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after take-off from the US state of Oregon.
Removing some of the aircraft from service is expected to cause about 60 cancellations on Saturday, the airline said in a statement.
Earlier, the FAA said it would "order the temporary grounding of certain Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft operated by US airlines or in US territory".
Required inspections will take around four to eight hours per aircraft, it said.
In Friday's incident, the Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California, had reached 16,000ft (4,876m) when it began its emergency descent, according to flight tracking data.
The airline, carrying 177 passengers and crew, landed safely back in Portland.
Images sent to news outlets showed the night sky visible through the gap in the fuselage, with insulation material and other debris also seen.
Passenger Evan Smith said: "There was a really loud bang towards the left rear of the plane and a woosh noise - and all the air masks dropped.
"They said there was a kid in that row who had his shirt sucked off him and out of the plane and his mother was holding onto him to make sure he didn't go with it."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67903655
"The US airline regulator has ordered the grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jets after part of one plane fell off during an Alaska Airlines flight.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the inspections would affect 171 planes.
On Friday the Alaska Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after take-off from the US state of Oregon.
Removing some of the aircraft from service is expected to cause about 60 cancellations on Saturday, the airline said in a statement.
Earlier, the FAA said it would "order the temporary grounding of certain Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft operated by US airlines or in US territory".
Required inspections will take around four to eight hours per aircraft, it said.
In Friday's incident, the Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California, had reached 16,000ft (4,876m) when it began its emergency descent, according to flight tracking data.
The airline, carrying 177 passengers and crew, landed safely back in Portland.
Images sent to news outlets showed the night sky visible through the gap in the fuselage, with insulation material and other debris also seen.
Passenger Evan Smith said: "There was a really loud bang towards the left rear of the plane and a woosh noise - and all the air masks dropped.
"They said there was a kid in that row who had his shirt sucked off him and out of the plane and his mother was holding onto him to make sure he didn't go with it."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)