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2024: the blowout of that Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX, updates, developments...

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November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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https://avherald.com/h?article=51354f78&opt=1
On Jan 6th 2024 the FAA announced an emergency airworthiness Directive
will be released requiring in total 171 Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft

to be inspected before they can return to service.
The inspection will take between 4 and 8 hours per aircraft.

On Jan 6th 2024 the airline reported about 25% of their 65 aircraft have already been inspected
without any findings,
the fleet is expected to be back in the air soon.

According to the FAA database
the occurrence aircraft received its first airworthiness certificate (after production) on Oct 25th 2023.
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/07/us/a ... index.html
Mon January 8, 2024

Missing part of Alaska Airlines plane that blew off mid-flight is found in Portland man’s backyard, investigators say


The missing part of the Alaska Airlines aircraft that blew off mid-flight has been found in a backyard in Portland, the National Transportation Safety Board announced.

A Portland school teacher named Bob reached out to the agency after he found the missing Boeing 737 MAX 9 fuselage door plug in his yard, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said at a news conference.

Federal investigators had been searching for the door plug since it blew off an Alaska Airlines aircraft after taking off from Portland on Friday, leading to the nationwide grounding of certain Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft and a slew of flight cancellations.

The agency had asked for the public’s help finding the part and had plans of possibly using a helicopter or drones to continue the search Sunday. Homendy had explained locating the missing part would provide key clues as to why it separated from the airplane.
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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