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After the emergency of Boeing 737 MAX 9 from Alaska Airlines and Portland, These planes have been called for inspection and to be grounded.
Last 6 of January of 2024, a flight of Alaska Airlines After taking off from Portland, he had to return to his origin in an emergency after one of the emergency doors on the left side of the plane detached..
Hundreds of photos, Videos and publications have flooded social networks where the oxygen masks could be seen in operation and dozens of frightened passengers inside the plane..
The Boeing 737 MAX 9 they stay on the ground
After landing and as an emergency measure, the airline itself anticipated the FAA and Boeing deciding to leave all his 65 airplanes of this model on the ground for inspection and corrective maintenance due to what was experienced with an emergency door.
This did not stop here and the 6 of January the FAA has generated an EAD – Emergency Airworthiness Directive that mandates for now, at least 171 airplanes of North American airlines or airlines that operate in USA stay on the ground and undergo the required inspection.
According to the FAA itself, This inspection will require 4 a 8 hours and must be carried out on airplanes that comply with certain cycles according to the EAD.
On your part Boeing In a statement he expressed: "Safety is our top priority and we deeply regret the impact this event has had on our customers and their passengers.". We agree with and fully support the FAA's decision to require immediate inspections of aircraft 737-9 with the same configuration as the affected aircraft. What's more, a Boeing technical team is supporting the NTSB investigation into last night's event. "We will continue to be in close contact with our regulator and our clients.".
Copa and Aeroméxico operate the MAX 9
At the moment, most 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 region we will not be exempt from effects.
For instance, Copa Airlines currently operates a fleet of 26 aircraft of this model, being the main plane for longer distance flights such as San Francisco, The Angels, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo and others.
According to a statement from the airline, 21 of its MAX planes 9 They will go into maintenance and review, waiting to finish the process in 24 hours, so there will be multiple delays and cancellations in the meantime.
While on the side of Aeromexico, It has a fleet of 18 aircraft and the airline reported that it will maintain its entire fleet of 9 grounded until they are inspected.
At the moment, It is not global grounding, But as the hours go by, more details of which airplanes and parameters are considered to enter inspection will become known., but since it will not be greater than 8 hours, we do not expect long delays, for now.
The MAX Global Fleet 9 covers more than 240 airplanes on all continents, causing United, Turkish and other airlines have adopted the FAA EAD.
Europe adopts the EAD
Europe via EASA reported that:
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has adopted an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (EAD) issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for a specific Boeing configuration 737-9 (MAX). El EAD, which grounds aircraft in this specific configuration until an inspection has been completed, follows an event on an Alaska Airlines flight, where an exit panel became detached from the aircraft during flight, which caused a rapid decompression of the cabin.
Research advances
Both the FAA as NTSB have reported that the investigation is progressing at a good pace and the plug or false door that was ejected from the Alaska Airlines Boeing has been found. 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, More details are unknown about the specific causes of these loose parts and whether these are attributable to the manufacturer or the general maintenance of each airline..
We will keep reporting.
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