(This is good news for people who trust Boeing more than medical workers. You can bring your own screwdriver.)

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The serious narrative is shocking:

A Boeing mechanic failed to tighten the bolts on a door-size “cabin plug” that blew out on an Alaska Air 737Max flight. The aircraft had cabin pressure warnings onboard for some time, so instead of investigating/fixing, the airline simply ‘restricted’ the plane from ‘long flights over water’ so it could land quickly. No joke.

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    11 months ago

    To my knowledge the problem with the pressurization system was unrelated, and not critical enough to have been a danger to the aircraft.

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      11 months ago

      oh I assumed it lost pressure because the door that fell off was loose to begin with and leaky

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        11 months ago

        No, it should have gone immediately once it got far enough along the track that the seals failed.