Travel influencer Brian Kelly, aka “The Points Guy,” warns fliers not to hop on a Boeing 737 Max 9 after an Alaska Airlines jet exploded mid-flight on Friday. are doing.
“So I'm still a supporter that it's very safe to fly, but until they figure this out, I'll probably avoid the 737 Max 9,” Kelly said. on instagram stories Monday.
The founder of The Points Guy, a website that advises travelers about the best points and frequent flyer programs and has more than 1 million followers on Instagram, says that airlines are offering some of their Max 9 It mentioned an “installation problem” it had discovered. Alaska Airlines trial.
United Airlines, which owns all Boeing models, announced that it had discovered loose bolts near the door plugs on some of its planes. It's similar to the bolt that blew out shortly after takeoff on an Alaska Airlines flight bound for California.
Friday's dangerous accident prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to ground all Max 9s, causing rapid decompression and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing and return to Portland International Airport.
Miraculously, all 171 passengers and six crew members were safe and there were no major injuries.
“It's unlikely that there will be another accident, but as we've seen with other 737 Max aircraft, there have been some fatal accidents before we can repair them,” Kelly said. spoke about the Max 8 model, which was removed after it crashed. In 2018 and 2019, 346 people died.
The Alaska Airlines plane involved in Friday's incident had a warning light that could indicate a pressurization problem on three previous flights, before a door plug broke off and left a gaping hole in the fuselage, leading to a flight to Hawaii. Not allowed to fly.
Jennifer Homendy of the National Transportation Safety Board told reporters Sunday that Alaska Airlines is keeping its jetliners on the water for extended periods of time so they can “get back to the airport very quickly” in the event of a fourth light flash. He said he had restricted his flights.
But Homendy said there was no known correlation between the light and in-flight explosions at this early stage of the committee's investigation.
Still, Kelly said of the Boeing 737 Max 9 plane, “Let's give this one a little time,” and that he avoids it anyway because “it's cramped.”
A total of 171 Max 9 jets were grounded. Alaska Airlines was forced to cancel 20% of its flights early Monday, and United Airlines canceled an additional 221 flights.
No other U.S. airline operates that particular model.
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