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In response to
"Alaska Airlines flight returns to Portland after side panel on 2-month-old plane appears to blow out mid-flight -- (link*)"
by
budice
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Early AVgeek consensus (which could prove to be wrong) is that it is a 'plugged exit' that blew out.
Posted by
ty97
Jan 5 '24, 20:34
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This exit door is required on airplanes that operate in the plane in a high density config. Since Alaska does not, this exit is not required so it would have been 'plugged'. On the inside, there would just be a normal sidewall and window (nobody would even know there was a plugged door there)
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