Yes you read it right. As if JAL 516 wasn’t enough, we have another incident with a 737 MAX 9 by Alaska Airlines.
The aircraft’s door plug got ripped off mid flight causing a gaping hole in the aircraft. Fortunately no one was seated in that row (26) for this flight. A child in the row behind got his shirt sucked out.
The door plug is a type of emergency exit that is meant to be used by kicking it out. A bolt of a door plug for the incident plane was loose and flew off shortly after takeoff. The door then flew off the aircraft leaving a huge hole in the plane.
The FAA reacted immediately and grounded the MAX 9 until investigations complete. Yes, another MAX grounding. A lead that is known to the public is that United Airlines and Alaska Airlines found loose bolts and nuts.
That is all that is known for now. This incident turned everybody away from JAL 516, especially the NTSB. The pilots and crew handled the situation very well and everybody survived. Stay tuned for more on this incident.