[Interviewer] This aircraft that was involved in the incident over Oregon this week…
[Boeing Representative] Yeah, the one where the door fell off?
[Interviewer] Yeah.
[Boeing Representative] That’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
[Interviewer] Well, how is it untypical?
[Boeing Representative] Well, there are a lot of these planes going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen … I just don’t want people thinking that 737 MAX planes aren’t safe.
[Interviewer] Was this 737 MAX safe?
[Boeing Representative] Well I was thinking more about the other ones…
[Interviewer] The ones that are safe...
[Boeing Representative] Yeah...the ones where the door doesn’t fall off.
[Interviewer] Well, if this one wasn’t safe, why did it have 171 passengers on it?
[Boeing Representative] Well, I’m not saying it wasn’t safe, it’s just perhaps not quite as safe as some of the other ones.
[Interviewer] Why?
[Boeing Representative] Well, some of them are built so the door doesn’t fall off at all
[Interviewer] Wasn’t this built so the door wouldn’t fall off?
[Boeing Representative] Well, obviously not.
[Interviewer] How do you know?
[Boeing Representative] Well, ‘cause the door fell off, and the cabin explosively depressurized, forcing an emergency landing. It's a bit of a give away. I would just like to make the point that that is not normal.
[Interviewer] Well, what sort of standards are these new civilian airliners built to?
[Boeing Representative] Oh, very rigorous … aeronautical engineering standards.
[Boeing Representative] Well, obviously not.
[Interviewer] How do you know?
[Boeing Representative] Well, ‘cause the door fell off, and the cabin explosively depressurized, forcing an emergency landing. It's a bit of a give away. I would just like to make the point that that is not normal.
[Interviewer] Well, what sort of standards are these new civilian airliners built to?
[Boeing Representative] Oh, very rigorous … aeronautical engineering standards.
[Interviewer] What sort of things?
[Boeing Representative] Well the door’s not supposed to fall off, for a start.
[Interviewer] And what other things?
[Boeing Representative] Well, there are … regulations governing the materials they can be made of.
[Interviewer] What materials?
[Boeing Representative] Well, cardboard’s out.
[Interviewer] And?
[Boeing Representative] …No cardboard derivatives… (...)
[Interviewer] Like paper? [Boeing Representative]. … No paper, no string, no Scotch tape… [Interviewer] Rubber?
[Boeing Representative] Well the door’s not supposed to fall off, for a start.
[Interviewer] And what other things?
[Boeing Representative] Well, there are … regulations governing the materials they can be made of.
[Interviewer] What materials?
[Boeing Representative] Well, cardboard’s out.
[Interviewer] And?
[Boeing Representative] …No cardboard derivatives… (...)
[Interviewer] Like paper? [Boeing Representative]. … No paper, no string, no Scotch tape… [Interviewer] Rubber?
[Boeing Representative] No, rubber’s out ... Um, They’ve got to have a door stop. There’s a quality control inspection.
[Interviewer] What’s the minimum inspection requirement?
[Boeing Representative] Oh… one two minute session, I suppose.
[Interviewer] So, the allegations that these 737 MAX airplanes are just designed to profit as much as possible and to hell with the consequences, I mean that’s ludicrous…
[Boeing Representative] Ludicrous, absolutely ludicrous. These are very, very strong vessels!
[Boeing Representative] Ludicrous, absolutely ludicrous. These are very, very strong vessels!
[Interviewer] So what happened in this case?
[Boeing Representative] Well, the door fell off in this case by all means, but that’s very unusual.
[Interviewer] But Mr. Representative, why did the door fall off?
[Boeing Representative] Well, the pressure hit it.
[Interviewer] The pressure hit it?
[Boeing Representative] A pressure wave hit the door.
[Interviewer] Is that unusual?
[Boeing Representative] Oh, yeah… during cabin pressurization?…Chance in a million.
[Boeing Representative] Well, the door fell off in this case by all means, but that’s very unusual.
[Interviewer] But Mr. Representative, why did the door fall off?
[Boeing Representative] Well, the pressure hit it.
[Interviewer] The pressure hit it?
[Boeing Representative] A pressure wave hit the door.
[Interviewer] Is that unusual?
[Boeing Representative] Oh, yeah… during cabin pressurization?…Chance in a million.
[Interviewer] So what do you do to protect the environment in dangerous cases like this?
[Boeing Representative] Well, the door escaped outside its environment.
[Interviewer] Into another environment….
[Boeing Representative] No, no, no. it’s descended below the environment, it’s not in the environment.
[Interviewer] Yeah, but from one environment to another environment.
[Boeing Representative] No, it’s beyond the environment, it’s not in any environment. It fell outside the environment.
[Interviewer] Well, what’s down there?
[Boeing Representative] Nothing’s down there…
[Interviewer] Well there must be something down there.
[Boeing Representative] There is nothing down there… all there is …. is houses…and cars….and buildings...
[Interviewer] And?
[Boeing Representative] And power lines.
[Interviewer] And what else?
[Boeing Representative] And birds.
[Interviewer] And anything else?
[Boeing Representative] And a Boeing 737 MAX-9 emergency exit door, but there’s nothing else out there.
[Boeing Representative] Well, the door escaped outside its environment.
[Interviewer] Into another environment….
[Boeing Representative] No, no, no. it’s descended below the environment, it’s not in the environment.
[Interviewer] Yeah, but from one environment to another environment.
[Boeing Representative] No, it’s beyond the environment, it’s not in any environment. It fell outside the environment.
[Interviewer] Well, what’s down there?
[Boeing Representative] Nothing’s down there…
[Interviewer] Well there must be something down there.
[Boeing Representative] There is nothing down there… all there is …. is houses…and cars….and buildings...
[Interviewer] And?
[Boeing Representative] And power lines.
[Interviewer] And what else?
[Boeing Representative] And birds.
[Interviewer] And anything else?
[Boeing Representative] And a Boeing 737 MAX-9 emergency exit door, but there’s nothing else out there.
[Interviewer] Mr. Representative, thanks for joining us.
[Boeing Representative] It’s a complete void.
[Interviewer] Yeah, well, we’re out of time.
[Boeing Representative] The environment’s perfectly safe. …. We’re out of time?.. Can you book me a flight?
[Interviewer] But didn’t you come in a Boeing press plane?
[Boeing Representative] Yes, I did, but
[Interviewer] What happened?
[Boeing Representative] The door fell off.
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"The cockpit voice recorder data on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet which lost a panel mid-flight on Friday was overwritten, U.S. authorities said, renewing attention on long-standing safety calls for longer in-flight recordings.National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jennifer Homendy said on Sunday no data was available on the cockpit voice recorder because it was not retrieved within two hours - when recording restarts, erasing previous data."
~ Loss of Alaska cockpit recording rekindles industry safety debate (Reuters)
