United finds 5 faulty planes following Alaska Airlines 737-9 MAX incident.
Days after an Alaska Airlines flight had a door plug fly off its fuselage mid-flight, three unnamed United Airlines employees say they’ve discovered loose plugs on five more Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft, The Air Current reported.
The Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft are grounded nationwide by the Federal Aviation Administration while the cause of the Alaska Airlines incident is being probed. Potentially complicating that investigation, however, is the absence of audio from the flight’s black box cockpit recorder, which authorities say was never turned off after the air emergency and had its audio overwritten.
Following @jonostrower's scoop on United finding 737-9s with loose door plug screws, a source sent this image of one of the door plug's lower hinge bracket with a note that 2 screws are not screwed all the way in. https://t.co/sz1d997PdL pic.twitter.com/d6hgHAEb2u
— Edward Russell (@ByERussell) January 8, 2024
Customers aboard Friday’s nightmare flight, which landed without anyone being injured, have been given given $1,500 and refunds from the airline, The Messenger reported Monday, citing a passenger.