In 2018, a passenger on a Southwest Airlines jet was killed in when a piece of engine housing blew off and shattered the window she was sitting next to. That incident involved an earlier version of the Boeing 737, not a Max. WHAT IS BOEING’S RESPONSE? Boeing CEO Dave Calh...
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...
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 t...
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 prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to ground the entire 737 Max 9 fleet in the U.S. — 171 aircraft — and launch a probe into the incident in the days that followed the blowout. The agency last month approved a “thorough inspection and ...
on saturday ordered the temporary grounding of some boeing 737 max 9 aircraft operated by us airlines or in us territory. the order was issued following a serious mid-air incident on friday when a part of a boeing 7...
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.
United Airlines, the only other U.S. airline that operates the aircraft, said its 737 Max 9 fleet would begin returning to service on Saturday. United told CBS News that it will allow passengers who don't want to fly on a Max 9 aircraft to change flights without additional cost, dependin...
AAR CORP. (NYSE: AIR), a leading provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, MROs, and OEMs, learned of the recent incident impacting the mid-cabin exit door plug of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 on January 5, 2024, that r
Alaska and United are the only two U.S. commercial airlines that operate Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft, the type of plane involved in Friday's incident. Jan 8, 2024 Door plug that blew off Alaska Airlines plane in-flight found in backyard ...