Jan. 12, 2024, 9:16 a.m.
Undocumented killer feature
Weirdly incomplete Boeing 737 MAX manuals
rinsemiddlebliss
Hi friends,
Inspired by recent news, I wrote about missing information in airplane manuals and their consequences.
Undocumented killer feature: Weirdly incomplete Boeing 737 MAX manuals
On January 5, 2024 the door plug of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplane blew out during flight. Nobody died. The flight crew got the plane back down and made an emergency landing. The cabin crew kept the passengers relatively calm. That's the gist of it. In all the discussion that's followed a little tidbit caught my attention, "No one amongst the flight crew knew that the cockpit door was designed to open in case of a rapid decompression, Boeing is going to make changes to the manuals."
Now that's interesting. No one knew the door was designed to do that. Boeing will update the manuals. 737 Max, haven't I heard that name before and didn't that also turn out to have involved manuals? Yes, and how!
Thanks for reading and see you on the internet!
AK