Alaska airlines 737 has window blow out, lands safe all survive. Model grounded

There have been an awful lot of scary incidences involving planes! It seems every other day something happens with a plane or two planes. Solidifies my resolve not to fly ever again unless an emergency situation involving my family requires it.
 
I have been reading about this, especially since my grandson is a pilot and will soon be flying for Alaskan Airlines. This plane had only been in service since November 2023, so it was a recent addition. The door that blew off was not set up to be used, and must not have been fastened on to the plane properly because you can see that the plane itself is not warped or damaged, just the door assembly came off.
It is a good thing that it happened right after the plane left Portland and they had not reached cruising altitude yet, and that no one happened to be sitting in the seat near the door because the seat was pulled out also.

Alaskan Airlines has grounded all of this type of planes, and now the FAA has also ordered all other airlines to ground this plane while they re-inspect them and Boeing finds out why this terrible lapse in quality control happened.
Thankfully, none of these planes will be flying now, at least for some time; but it is a good reason to always keep your seatbelt on.

Probably no one was screaming because they had to grab the air vents and breathe with that, so no time to even scream. They did all seem to handle it really well.
 
To be factually correct it was a door "plug", not an actual door, that came apart from the aircraft. In some seating configurations there is an emergency escape door where the plug is located.
 
According to what I read, it said that the door was functional, but was not accessible as a door unless the plane carried over 200 passengers. Then, I guess they were supposed to take off the plastic covering and have an actual escape door.
 
Happyflowerlady said:
According to what I read, it said that the door was functional, but was not accessible as a door unless the plane carried over 200 passengers. Then, I guess they were supposed to take off the plastic covering and have an actual escape door.
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NYT - "Federal authorities focused attention on a mid-cabin door plug, which is used to fill the space where an emergency exit would be placed if the plane were configured with more seats."
 
againstthegrain said:
NYT - "Federal authorities focused attention on a mid-cabin door plug, which is used to fill the space where an emergency exit would be placed if the plane were configured with more seats."
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So, does this mean that Boeing assembled this plane with the door plug, or that Alaskan ordered the plug for their plane and installed it themselves ?
Apparently, the same plane body can be made to seat over 200 and then has the actual emergency door, or can be made to seat under 200 and has the plug like this one did . I read more and can now see what you are explaining, @againstthegrain , and it makes more sense to me than it did before.
Thank you for explaining.
 
The plane must not have been too full otherwise some passenger would have moved over to an empty row. And TG that no one took their seatbelt before the sign was turned off.
 
Today I am reading that people have found the missing door plug in someone’s back yard near Portland, and other people have been finding cell phones. Hopefully, the cell phones can be returned to the owners, and if they do not still work, that the information was saved for them in the cloud , so that they can be easily replaced.
I imagine that the airline will happily buy these people a new phone, anyway.
 
Another almost air tragedy last night when a Boeing 747 leaving Miami caught fires and was shooting sparks and flames out the back of the plane.
Thankfully, the plane was able to immediately return back to the Miami airport and landed safely, with no injuries reported; but this is the second time something this serious has happened in just the last two weeks, and that is pretty scary.

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WhatInThe said:
An Alaska airlines Boeing 737 had a window blow out mid in flight. Plane able to land safely all passengers survive. The model is now ground.

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The second "good" news airline disaster with all passengers surviving this month!
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FAA issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive, grounding them all. I was a private pilot for 30 years. Grounded for medical reasons but I never had an accident or incident, and I found several weak points in the Cessna 172 that needed correcting. Mainly landing gear u-bolts.
 
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