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Old Jan 7, 2024 | 12:53 am
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Originally Posted by Lux Flyer
Looks like a travel waiver has been published covering travel on 7M9's through Monday. I'd be impressed if their system is able to recognize eligible itineraries based solely on aircraft, or if it may require manual handling.





Would be pretty odd for a 3 month old frame to experience a fatigue failure, but have it never happen it in the hundreds of other significantly older frames and more cycles that have this same implementation. This plug design wasn't new with the max. More likely to be a manufacturing defect. But I guess we'll let the investigation figure out the probable causes.
Since the waiver is only for a few days, does that mean they expect to have all 7M9 inspections finished and by the 8th and cleared with FAA to be back in the air on the 9th?
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