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Alaska Airlines grounds 737 Max 9 planes after section blows out mid-air (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 years ago by TheDudeV2@lemmy.ca to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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The plane was still climbing, this happened at an altitude of 16000ft when the cruise altitude for that flight is 30000ft:

This flight: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA1282/history/20240106/0050Z/KPDX/KPDX/tracklog

Previous flight: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA1282/history/20240105/0050Z/KPDX/KONT/tracklog

They usually keep the "seat belts" light on during ascent and descent because it's when air pressures are changing (or you might run into a tree, or another airplane), while once at cruise altitude it is reasonably safe to take the seat belt off.