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FYI: There is an updated report explaining the design and location of the so-called "bolts" that lock the door plug into position on the Boeing 737 Max-9.situation in the Off-Topic section.
Check my last post in that thread for the explanation.
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OK, finally this morning's Wall Street Journal (print edition) had a decent diagram and explanation regarding the so-called "bolts" that lock the door plug into position. But I can't find that anywhere in the WSJ on-line version, so I can't reproduc…
@hank- Well I did speculate a bit on that, above:
Well, this is really getting interesting, no? Let's see now... "This airplane seems to be doing something weird with the pressurization... maybe we better not send it out over the ocean... but I gues…
Our place on the Russian River has a small dock that our neighbors use to try for Steelhead trout, a local salmonid. I don't fish myself, but we've eaten some delicious fresh steelhead dinners when the fishermen have enough to share. I've seen some …
The Supremes tried to duck this one by sending it back down to the Appeals Court. Looks like it's being bounced right back upstairs to them with no time wasted.
Above, I've added a new graphic from the New York Times which purports to illustrate the location of the mysterious "bolts" which are receiving so much interest. However this new information only seems to muddy the waters even more.
It would be nice if when "management" moves a thread that they simply give us a short note within the thread as to why. At least we'd all have a better idea of what's going on. It's called "communication", folks. :)
And yet more on this, from The Washington Post:
The door plug that blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight over Portland, Ore., on Friday has been found in a schoolteacher’s backyard, amid investigations into the explosive depressurization accident th…
1/8: From PBS: Diagram of Boeing "Door Plug" and associated hardware fittings
1/9: From The New York Times: Partial Diagram of Boeing "Door Plug" and associated hardware fittings
Note that the NY Times diagram identifies two fittings as "Lo…
I have to say that if (at this time) over 140 of you have looked at this post and only one of you has been able to help, then I don't feel nearly as stupid as I did when I asked for help on this.
"the optional door/exit area was "sealed"/"plugged" in this model? So, was that construction glue that didn't hold? "
Most likely this whole thing will come down to one of the following situations:
• 1) The design and specification of the fuselage…
"Has man ever invented anything that wasn’t eventually turned to illegal, evil or destructive use?"
@hank - I'm still thinking about that... not doing too good.
Sometimes, reading what all of you folks say, I feel like I'm eavesdropping on a convention of alchemists and necromancers discussing what ingredients to throw into the big black kettles.
@Crash- Surely this thread must hold the all-time MFO record for the longest time in continuous activity, and likely a number of other things too: for instance, the number of participating MFO members:
AndyJ December 2023
Art May 2022
B…
"Old_Joe has likely beat me to the punch in linking to it."
@WABAC - No sir, not this time. A great link, though- a real "warning shot across the bow". It looks like not only will AI tools be used by humans for nefarious purposes, but evidently AI …
I dunno... I have gotten to the point where I really hate almost everything about flying. I sure hear you with respect to the kid behind me kicking the seat back, but then when deplaning and wading through the garbage pit that once was a nice-lookin…
Some very good points there, @hank- that makes a lot of political sense- the Supremes just sit there and let the Court of Appeals take all of the heat. Given the jurisdiction, that could very well be what goes down.
This whole thing is nothing more than Kabuki Theater.
Did anyone actually believe that the $1.5 billion judgement against Alex Jones would actually ever be collected?
Does anyone actually believe that the $148 million judgement against Rudy Giulia…
The CO Supreme Court issued a ruling but suspended it pending an appeal to the US Supreme Court.
Judicial/political games:
• A lower Colorado court issued a ruling barred Trump from the state ballot, finding that Trump had participated in an insur…
I feel as if we are now living in two different countries... "theirs", and "ours". Other than commercial ties there seems to be very little overlap between the two. If this continues to evolve, I wouldn't be at all surprised to eventually see a semi…
"My biggest yield among my 5 single stock picks is ET, oil/gas midstream"
@Crash - and here I thought that you didn't care for the capitalist 1% raping the world for mere profit.
How sad.
