amazed that that could be happening in my yard after there had been such a big to do about it all weekend long. i can only imagine. joining me now to talk about all of this is aviation attorney and pilot justin green. justin, thanks for being here. just explain to us what this is, what is this door plug that we are talking about? essentially it is a emergency door that could be fitted into this airplane, but this particular model didn t have a need for it. it s only needed if it has more passengers on board. alaska air decided to have a fewer seating version of the 7:37 dash nine. so, these doors went on both sides are basically door plugs. passengers inside would not know that there is a door there, it looks just like a normal window. on the outside, you ll just see the outline of where the door could be installed. interesting. even in this might look to you like in emergency exit, it s not that, it looks more like a window. but, tell us about what happened to these in
problem may be more widespread. that s tonight on news night. good evening, i m abby philip. in just a short time from, now the ntsb will hold a press conference as we learn another airline has found problems with its planes. now, just days after a blowout on the side of an alaska airlines flight left a massive hole in the plane, united airlines is revealing that loose bolts have been found on these boeing 37 boeing 737 max 9 door plugs. and says it found quote loose hardware tonight on some of its planes. now, these are pictures of the plug, about the size of a fridge. we will show you an illustration of what happened in just a moment. and the warning signs where there, it seems. the alaska airlines plane was restricted from flying along routes over the ocean after its warning light came on three times in recent weeks. now, just listen to this portland science teacher who was the one who found that panel in his own backyard. this is the most exciting thing that
Fact, both of the flight crews, their systems were pulled off their head. so it s a very big issue, and thank god nobody was killed. so united airlines says after they look preliminarily over the weekend, they found loose bullets. they say they could be related to this panel installation issues. what does that signify to you? what do you think investigators can learn from that? well, they re going to have to they re really going to have to decide, obviously, what happened. yeah. and right now, they re looking at the bolts. these doors have four bullets that are part of the installation system. it looks to be that these are the bolts that they re finding that are loose. the question is why are they loose? is that a maintenance issue, or a construction issue? it would most likely be a it s not a maintenance issue. the maintenance people aren t supposed to touch this part once delivered. it could be, a potentially could be a maintenance issue if they did, if the airline ac
they are going to have to decide, obviously what happens. right now, they are looking at the bolts. these doors have four bolts that are part of the installation system. it looks to be that these are the bolts they were finding loose. the question is, why are they loose? is that a maintenance issue or construction issue? it would most likely be, it s not a maintenance issue, the maintenance are not really supposed to touch this part once it is delivered. it could be, it potentially could be a maintenance issue if they did, if the airline actually worked on this part. but, the signs are not there. so, it is either going to be a problem in the manufacture of the airplane, or it could be a the pilots put their systems to alternate and then the lights one-off basically they have an