When we first learned about the Alaskan Airlines Boeing 737 Max that experienced a “blowout” over Portland, Oregon, questions were immediately raised about how such a failure could have taken place with no warning. The maintenance records of the plane would be under scrutiny and the rest of the fleet of planes was grounded pending the results of the investigation. Now, however, new details have emerged suggesting that this nearly catastrophic failure may not have been entirely “without warning” after all and other disturbing details about the aircraft are being revealed. The original reports indicated that “a window” had blown out of the plane. But in reality, though that section of the skin did have a window in it, an entire unused, sealed doorway had blown out of the aircraft. Even worse, as it turns out, the plane had already been placed on limited duty and was not…
The Boeing Blowout Plane Had Known Technical Issues – HotAir
