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FAA Orders Grounding of 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 Aircraft Following Alaska Airlines Incident (aviationsourcenews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's almost like the 737 was obsolete decades ago and Boeing chose to zombify its corpse instead of lay it to rest and develop a better narrow body!

[–] Dead_or_Alive 1 points 11 months ago

I’ll wait for the investigation to release its findings. But door plugs are a common feature on most commercial airline body’s.

More than likely this is due to bad manufacturing and QA processes. The 737 is manufactured in a non union shop in the South that is known for poor quality compared to Boeings Seattle facilities.