Door torn off in mid-flight on a Boeing 737 Max: fragment of the aircraft found in a garden

La porte d'un avion de la compagnie Alaska Airline s'est détachée en plein vol. https://imagebroker.com/9851327

Friday, January 5, an Alaska Airlines airliner lost an evacuation door in flight. The piece of the device was found on Sunday in a garden in Portland in the United States.

This should help the investigation move forward. The door that came off a Boeing 737 Max airliner in mid-flight last Friday was found in a garden in Portland (United States) on Sunday evening, at a teacher named "Bob", reports La Dépêche.

“I'm happy to report that we have found the door panel,” Jennifer Homend, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said at a news conference. . We are very happy that Bob found it".

The analysis of this door should shed light on this accident. As a reminder, the passengers of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 had a big scare this Friday, January 5, 2024. A plane bound for Ontario (California) left the plane Portland International Airport at 4:52 p.m. Friday, but returned 35 minutes later after part of the plane broke off in mid-flight, reports CNN.

Inspect devices

Following this incident, the American Federal Civil Aviation Agency (FAA) ordered, Saturday January 6, 2024, the immediate inspection of 171 737 aircraft Boeing's MAX 9, suspended from flight until then. 

Before the announcement of the American Federal Civil Aviation Agency, the American airline Alaska had already neutralized all of its 65 planes of this same model .

The company clarified on Saturday on ;d’element of concern".