An emergency landing by an Alaska Airlines jetliner has prompted U.S. federal authorities to ground some Boeing 737 Max aircraft, adding another episode to the troubled history of Boeing’s Max lineup of jets.
Hours after the incident, the FAA ordered the grounding of 171 Max 9s including all those operated by Alaska and United until they could be inspected. The FAA said inspections will take four to eight hours. Boeing has delivered 218 Max 9s worldwide, but not ...
Alaska Airlines was forced to perform an emergency landing on Friday after a door plug was torn off of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane flying 171 passengers from Portland in Oregon, to Ontario in California. The incident happened after the auto-pressurisation fail light lit up on ...
Alaska Airlines says Boeing has paid $160 million in initial compensation for losses that the airline suffered after a panel blew off one of its Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners in January.
An Alaska Airlines spokesperson said the pilots recognized “a potential traffic conflict on the runway” and “immediately applied the brakes to prevent the incident from escalating.” No injuries were reported, but tires on theBoeing737 Max went flat from the extreme heat buildup during t...
A spokesperson for the British Civil Aviation Authority told Sky News: "We are aware of this incident and monitoring the situation very closely." Alaska Airlines chief executive Ben Minicucci said each Boeing 737-9 MAX would only be returned to service after full maintenance and...
The Federal Aviation Administration grounded approximately 171 Max 9s worldwide following the incident earlier this year. Alaska Airlines resumed flying the Boeing 737 Max 9 following fleet inspections on Jan. 26. An NTSB preliminary report released last month found that four bolts designed to preven...
According to Alaska Airlines, flight 1282, which uses a Boeing 737-9 Max, an updated version of the Boeing model, was heading to Southern California, according to The Washington Post report. In a statement on X, Boeing Airplanes stated, "We are aware of the incident involving Alas...
the blowout seven minutes after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing. Boeing has been under increased scrutiny since theincident, when a panel that plugged a space left for an extra emergency door blew off a Max 9 jet. There were no serious injuries...
The NTSB said on Tuesday it will hold an investigative hearing into the incident in August. The door plug was later found in the back garden of a residence in the Oregon area, NBC said.