mjausson, 4 months ago

@ai6yr @dcreemer The Beeb are reporting that Alaska is grounding all their 737 MAX aircraft for inspections. They have more than 60 of them. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67899564

ai6yr, 4 months ago

@mjausson @dcreemer Ouch, that's going to hurt.

cyberman, 4 months ago

@mjausson @ai6yr @dcreemer Always keep your seat belt on 😃

ai6yr, 4 months ago

@cyberman @mjausson @dcreemer Yeah, that little kid would have been ejected somewhere over Tigard or Tualatin if he weren't strapped in.

glightly, 4 months ago

@ai6yr HGTV: "Blow that wall out, really opens up the place."

ai6yr, 4 months ago

@glightly "Best view you'll ever get in an airplane!"

glightly, 4 months ago

@ai6yr Also the best air refresh rate in a commercial airflight this entire pandemic.

ai6yr, 4 months ago

@glightly LOL "No N95 or air filtering needed!"

dcreemer, 4 months ago

@ai6yr to be fair it does have a great view and lots of fresh air :-)

Nshrubs, 4 months ago

@dcreemer @ai6yr Tad wet up here though.

dcreemer, 4 months ago

@Nshrubs @ai6yr also lots of urine on the seats

ai6yr, 4 months ago

@dcreemer @Nshrubs Ah, yes, that's at least a #1. I suspect there was a lot of screaming involved (through oxygen masks).

me, 4 months ago

@ai6yr @dcreemer apparently this was a plug where an optional emergency exit would have been. Popped at 16,000 feet.

dcreemer, 4 months ago

@me @ai6yr ah interesting

ai6yr, 4 months ago

@dcreemer @me "optional"

RodneyPetersonTalent, 4 months ago

@ai6yr @dcreemer

Passengers were constantly asking Alaska Airlines if they could have an observation car like Amtrak’s Empire Builder and Alaska Airlines delivered.

ai6yr, 4 months ago

@RodneyPetersonTalent @dcreemer LOL "we want bigger windows"

StephanieMoore, 4 months ago

@ai6yr @dcreemer YIKES!!! I hope you’re ok?

ai6yr, 4 months ago

@StephanieMoore @dcreemer (not me!)

cookiesinheaven, 4 months ago

@ai6yr @dcreemer #WindowFriday? 😳

cookiesinheaven, 4 months ago

@ai6yr @dcreemer 😳

BeamsAndBows, 4 months ago

@dcreemer @ai6yr holy bows… I was on a 737 MAX from PDX to SFO in 2022. So thankful nothing happened on my flight 😥

ai6yr, 4 months ago

@BeamsAndBows @dcreemer Well, a 737 MAX has probably flown that route hundreds of times since then... this is definitely not a daily occurrence, LOL.

me, 4 months ago

@ai6yr @dcreemer and this is why we keep our seatbelts fastened at all times.

me, 4 months ago

@ai6yr @dcreemer also wtf, this is a 737 Max. Boeing has really botched the type. I'm glad everyone was OK.

ai6yr, 4 months ago

@me @dcreemer 😬

me, 4 months ago

@ai6yr @dcreemer some video here:
https://www.threads.net/@bnonews/post/C1vqz-INDvk

dcreemer, 4 months ago

@me @ai6yr wow good video

ai6yr, 4 months ago

@dcreemer @me Ah, BNO news, back to ripping off people's videos for clicks again on Threads. They are known for stealing videos from fire photographers here in California and blurring out the watermarks.

me_valentijn, 4 months ago

@ai6yr @dcreemer @me

Dutch news had video from the Haneda Airport collision, credited to some rando on Twitter. Dutch news had carefully cropped it to remove NHK logo and tickers 🙄

ai6yr, 4 months ago

@me_valentijn @dcreemer @me Yup...

me, 4 months ago

@dcreemer @ai6yr two-month old aircraft loses an entire hull section, good grief.
https://katu.com/news/local/alaska-airlines-flight-1282-returns-to-pdx-after-a-depressurization-just-after-takeoff-boeing-737-max

me, 4 months ago

@dcreemer @ai6yr like at what point is it enough to say the 737 MAX series is inherently defective and should be scrapped? Their original sin was trying to preserve the 737 type rating on what was essentially a completely different aircraft, and it hasn't worked. Instead, it's killed people and it was just incredible luck that nobody died in this incident.

ai6yr, 4 months ago

@me @dcreemer Yeah, being sucked out of an airplane (which has happened before) is not a great way to meet your end.

jonathankoren, 4 months ago

@ai6yr @me @dcreemer Aloha Flight 243 was very disturbing. Surprising, that only one person was killed.

dcreemer, 4 months ago

@jonathankoren @ai6yr @me definitely echos of that here