TheDudeV2toWorld News@beehaw.org·10 months agocross-posted to: usa@lemmy.mlAlaska Airlines grounds 737 Max 9 planes after section blows out mid-air(www.bbc.com)external-linkarrow-up178arrow-down10message-square29 fedilink
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkAlaska Airlines grounds 737 Max 9 planes after section blows out mid-air(www.bbc.com)TheDudeV2toWorld News@beehaw.org·10 months agocross-posted to: usa@lemmy.mlmessage-square29 fedilink
minus-squarejarfilarrow-up3arrow-down0·9 months agoedit-29 months agolinkfedilink@Hirom@beehaw.org @Overzeetop@beehaw.org 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 https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/f44a1cd6-9c13-4ec0-9c8d-ba61c2432eee.webp Previous flight: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA1282/history/20240105/0050Z/KPDX/KONT/tracklog https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/740a71f1-4455-49a1-97ac-77bff87b33b3.webp 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.
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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
https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/f44a1cd6-9c13-4ec0-9c8d-ba61c2432eee.webp
Previous flight: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA1282/history/20240105/0050Z/KPDX/KONT/tracklog
https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/740a71f1-4455-49a1-97ac-77bff87b33b3.webp
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.