737-8 max plane goes down (2018) - new not Max crash Indonesia

RobMCFC said:
Interesting that the section that tore away is where the option of an extra door is. Alaska aircraft don’t have this door, so it suggests that the skin - or whatever they cover the door space with - isn’t strong enough.
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was only watching something on youtube the other day, they would put a section in which is overlaping then use an epoxy resin followed by fixing with rivets, the presure change in the cabin can weaken a bad job causing it to fail, this is what happend with the hawaiian plane when the skin peeled off on the top and people were sucked out of the plane
 
marco said:
was only watching something on youtube the other day, they would put a section in which is overlaping then use an epoxy resin followed by fixing with rivets, the presure change in the cabin can weaken a bad job causing it to fail, this is what happend with the hawaiian plane when the skin peeled off on the top and people were sucked out of the plane
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It seems a crazy approach. Surely if you take the plane, you’ve got to take the extra exit. Of course that would probably mean two or three seats lost, so once again it’s about money.
 
The 737 MAX 9, currently Boeing's largest single-aisle, seating up to 220 people, includes an optional extra door to allow for the approved number of evacuation paths whenever carriers opt to install the maximum number of seats.

The looser layout based on a smaller number of seats and do not need the surplus door, which adds weight and reduces flexibility in the cabin. Instead the door is deactivated before delivery, using a "plug."

Other optional doors or fill-in replacement structures were also offered on a predecessor model, the 737-900ER.
 
Why oh Why do US pilots find it so hard to use the phrase Mayday, Mayday, Mayday? I have watched a few incidents recently, including this one, and the breakdown in communications between pilot and ATC is often exacerbated by a reluctance on the part of the pilots to actually admit they are in the shit and need immediate assistance. They're going to have paperwork to fill in no matter what happens and should the situation develop into something less serious the Mayday can always be downgraded. The above incident is a real eye opener that even though the crew are obviously using masks and in a rapid descent the controller still asks the nature of the problem, fuel and souls on board at a really in-opportune moment. Had a Mayday x 3 been declared, I'd like to think the controller actions would have been different.
 
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