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(This is good news for people who trust Boeing more than medical workers. You can bring your own screwdriver.)

The serious narrative is shocking:

A Boeing mechanic failed to tighten the bolts on a door-size "cabin plug" that blew out on an Alaska Air 737Max flight. The aircraft had cabin pressure warnings onboard for some time, so instead of investigating/fixing, the airline simply 'restricted' the plane from 'long flights over water' so it could land quickly. No joke.

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[-] activistPnk@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I heard the reason no one got sucked through the opening was because everyone happened to be wearing their seat belts. Technically, people are permitted to remove their seat belts to use the toilet, IIUC. So the timing of the door blowing off was critical to this policy “technically working”.

My problem is this: you have an anomaly of losing pressure in a safety critical operation. It could be any number of things that would cause that, from minor to serious. Considering lives are at stake, don’t we want someone to get to the bottom of it before risking people’s safety?

[-] onion@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

Also the seats next to the door plug weren't occupied

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