What was the mechanical failure of the Boeing 737 Max 9?

United Airlines he said this monday that he found loose screws in his Airplane Boeing 737 Max 9a model that was immobilized by the authorities after one of the devices malfunctioned last Saturday Alaska Airlines, lost part of the fuselage mid-flight.

“Since we began preliminary inspections on Saturday, we have found instances that appear to be related to door panel installation issues: for example, bolts that needed to be re-tightened,” the United airline said in a brief press statement today.

“These findings will be remedied by our team Technical operations in order to safely return the aircraft to service,” he added.

United Airliness is the largest operator of Boeing 737 Max 9with 79 of these aircraft in its fleet, doc Alaska Airlineswho has not yet commented on the examinations, is 65 years old.

The Alaska Airlines plane that crashed Saturday lost a panel at nearly 5,000 meters above sea level that closed a hole intended to accommodate an extra emergency door, a common measure on planes flying with low passenger density.

The plane was forced to return to the city of Portland (Oregon), from where he took off, a few minutes after taking off, without serious injuries.

The federal aviation administration (FAA) ordered the immediate immobilization of all 737 Max 9s with the same configuration as the Alaska Airlines plane to perform inspections, and this Monday Boeing sent instructions to carry them out.

A measure he also adopted European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) does not affect any of the company’s aircraft in Europe, because Boeing 737 Max 9 that operate in the community space have a different configuration.

A total of 215 of these aircraft are in service worldwide, and with United and Alaska Airlines, Panamanian Copa Airlines, Mexican Aeroméxico, Iceland Air, Turkish Airlines and FlyDubai.

Just two weeks ago, Boeing 737 They were in the news again after the US multinational asked airlines to inspect their planes for a possible loose screw in the control system.

The latest incident put him back in the limelight Airplane Boeing 737 Maxwhich were grounded in most of the world for about two years after the two 737 Max 8 accidents in which 346 people died, in Indonesia and Ethiopia, 2019 and 2020.

In those two cases, the flight control software was found to have generated erroneous information and placed the aircraft in a landing position, despite the pilots’ efforts to override the instruction.