Boeing 787 Dreamliner Loses Door at Remote Pacific Airport, Puzzling Engineers

dylan604

"Still, any event in which a door separates from a commercial aircraft tends to attract attention from regulators, manufacturers, and airline safety teams." As well as stockholders I'd imagine.

djmips

Vandalism of some type has to be a possibility right?

jey

I thought other reporting claimed that a ground handling truck crashed into the door, thereby detaching it?

ralph84

Put some caution tape over the door and have the pilots fly it out empty at 6,000 feet so it doesn't have to be pressurized.

cyanydeez

was it recently adjusted by an LLM

I_dream_of_Geni

"The recent incident of this nature occurred on May 29, 2026, when a LATAM Airlines Boeing 787-8 (registration CC-BBD) had its L2 passenger door torn off by an air-stairs vehicle on Easter Island " There. Fixed it for you.

random__duck

Clearly doors and boeing aircraft don't get along.

866-RON-0-FEZ

As few have already pointed out, an AI hallucination... Quick, to the top of HN! Toyota engineers equally puzzled their doors fly off when you reverse through a toll booth with them open.

advisedwang

https://worldairlinenews.com/2026/05/31/latam-boeing-787-cc-... says: "The second door (L2) was torn off by the airstairs truck."