Since an Alaska Airlines plane recently lost a door plug, there has been a lot of talk about inspecting the Boeing 737 Max 9s to make sure they are safe and last a long time.
The FAA sent out another request on Sunday, this time saying that operators of a different Boeing model, the Boeing 737-900ER, should do inspections to ease similar safety worries.
People were told by the FAA to “visually inspect mid-exit door plugs to ensure the door is properly secured.” People thought that the Boeing 737-900ER was just as likely to crash as the 737 Max 9s. One of those planes had a problem with a door plug, which caused the door to blow off. The alert said that some managers did have problems with the plane door plugs. During the maintenance checks, they “noted findings with bolts.”
They did say that the door plug hasn’t been a problem yet, even though they asked for checks to be done. Because they were asked to, United, Alaska, and Delta Airlines have been inspecting their 737-900ER Boeing planes. The checks should be complete in the next few days.
Alaska Airlines said in a statement, “We have had no findings to date and expect to finish the rest of our -900ER fleet without any problems to our operations.”
“We chose to take proactive measures to inspect our 737-900ER fleet,” Delta Airlines said. We’re following all of the rules set by the federal government about the safety of our planes, and we don’t expect any operating issues right now.
A door plug flew off of an Alaska Airlines plane and landed 16,000 feet below. This led to the checks. Many owners inspected their planes to make sure that something like this wouldn’t happen again after this made a lot of noise.
These checks should be done over the next few days, and the planes should be ready to fly soon after they are done.
