After the emergency of Boeing 737 MAX 9 from Alaska Airlines and Portland, These planes have been called for inspectionón and stay on land.
Last 6 of January of 2024, a flight of Alaska Airlines after taking off from Portlandó emergency return to its origin afterés that one of the emergency doors on the left side of the planeón would come off.
Hundreds of photos, Videos and publications have flooded social networks where the ox masks could be seenígenus in operation and dozens of frightened passengers inside the planeón.
The Boeing 737 MAX 9 they stay on the ground
After landing and as an emergency measure, the air itselfíNea came forwardó to FAA and Boeing deciding to leave all his 65 aircraft of this model on the ground for inspectionón and corrective maintenance in the face of what was experienced with an emergency door.
This did not remainó hereí and the 6 of January the FAA has generated an EAD – Emergency Airworthiness Directive that mandates for now, at least 171 air planesíNorth American girls or Aerolígirls who operate in USA stay on the ground and go through inspectionón required.
Sayún the FAA itself, this inspectionón requireá from 4 a 8 hours and dutyá be carried out in airplanes that comply with certain cycles according toún el EAD.
On your part Boeing in an express statementó: “Safety is our top priority and we deeply regret the impact this event has had on our customers and their passengers.. We agree and fully support the decisionóFAA's No. to Require Immediate Aircraft Inspections 737-9 with the same configurationón that the avión affected. Además, a team téBoeing technician isá supporting researchóNTSB report on last night's incident. We will remain in close contact with our regulator and our clients”.
Cup and Aeroméxico the MAX operate 9
At the moment, the biggestíto of MAX 9 in the world they continue to operate until compliance with the directive is published by their authorities or by the manufacturer, but in our regionóWe will not be exempt from effects.
For instance, Copa Airlines currently operates a fleet of 26 aircraft of this model, being main avión of longer distance flights like San Francisco, The Ádrooling, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo and others.
Sayún statement from the airlineínea, 21 of its MAX planes 9 They will go into maintenance and reviewón, waiting to finish the process in 24 hours, so there will beán múmultiple delays and cancellations in the meantime.
While on the side of Aeroméxico, It has a fleet of 18 aircraft and airínea informó that will keepá his entire fleet 9 on the ground until it isás are inspected.
At the moment, It is not global grounding, but I know how to goá knowing with the passing of the hours más details of whaté airplanes and pairámeters are those considered to enter inspectionón, but since it is notá greater than 8 hours, we do not expect long delays, for now.
The MAX Global Fleet 9 covers más de 240 airplanes on all continents, causing United, Turkish and other aerolícompanies have adopted the FAA EAD.
Europe adopts the EAD
Europe vía EASA informó thaté:
Security Agency AéUni areaón European Union has adopted an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (EAD) issued by the Administrationón Federal Aviationón (FAA) for a configurationón specístays from Boeing 737-9 (MAX). El EAD, that leaves aircraft on the ground in this configurationón specíuntil an inspection has been completed.ón, follows an event on an Alaska Airlines flight, where an outlet panel came looseó of the aircraft during flight, what causedó a Ráask for decompressionócabin number.
The investigation is progressingón
Both the FAA as NTSB have reported that the investigationón is advancing at a good pace and the tap has been foundóno false door that came outó ejected from Alaska Airlines Boeing. further, while inspections of the planes on the ground are already being carried out, It has left as a previous discovery several loose nuts on United planes and Alaska itself.
At the moment, are unknown más details of the specific causes of these loose parts and whether they are attributable to the manufacturer or the general maintenance of each aerosolínea.
We will keep reporting.
