Jun wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:05 pm
I'm surprised that only Alaska Airlines are grounding them. For now.
Not long after your post the FAA (America's Federal Aviation Administration) announced they are grounding many more 737 Max 9s for inspection. I think they will remain grounded until it can be determined what caused this to happen in the first place and fix whatever it is.
A boy whose seat was right there was very lucky. His shirt was torn off, but he wasn't sucked out. When it happened the plane was at 16,000 feet. If it was much higher he and even his seat could have been sucked right out. It is also lucky that was the only place on the plane where something happened. If other structures had also been torn loose, who knows what might have been the result?
One message I would send to the airlines - If you want me as a customer, then buy planes other than these 737 Max planes. I won't fly on planes that have proven themselves so unreliable. There has just been too many issues with them. If you just have to fly 737s, then fly the original design which proved themselves perfectly safe and reliable. But these Max planes - something is really wrong and when the FAA announces now the issue has been resolved and the planes are safe, is anyone going to trust that? I won't.