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United Airlines has found loose bolts and other parts on 737 Max 9 plug doors as it inspects its fleet of Boeing jets following the Friday rapid depressurization aboard an Alaska Airlines jet of the same make, according to three people familiar with the findings.

The discrepant bolts and other parts on the plug doors have been found on at least five aircraft, one of the people told The Air Current.

A Boeing representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration declined to comment on the United findings, and pointed to the agency’s earlier statements.

United confirmed the findings in a statement, saying, “Since we began preliminary inspections on Saturday, we have found instances that appear to relate to installation issues in the door plug – for example, bolts that needed additional tightening. These findings will be remedied by our Tech Ops team to safely return the aircraft to service.”

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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do we know when the plug doors are installed? Is it in the main factory, or at a later finishing stage? If it's later, hopefully the issue is contained to those facilities. Otherwise, they're looking at serious general quality questions.

[–] GombeenSysadmin@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They’re installed by Spirit who manufacture the airframes, which are then shipped to Seattle for assembly with the wings. No-one will have removed those bolts since manufacture. There no need to touch those bolts for the mechanics to open the door, so the airline opening it to install the WiFi seems like a red herring.

[–] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean Spirit manufacturers the airframe? Spirit is an airline, Boing is the manufacturer, right? I thought all Spirit does is maintenance.

[–] Cheesus@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Spirit AeroSystems not Spirit Airlines

[–] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Awesome! Thanks for the clarification, I was clearly mixed up. And thanks to the downvoter who clearly dislikes idiots like me. :)