United finds loose bolts on door plugs on several 737 Max 9 planes following Alaska Airlines mid-air door blowout incident
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United Airlines, which has 79 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft, did not confirm how many planes had loose bolts.
  • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
    122·
    1 year ago

    Generally in Aviation, bolts are torqued down to a spec and then they are wired to prevent them from coming loose. I’m not an engineer but this happening on soo many planes looks like a manufacturing QC problem.