The first thing to note is that the “window plug” is primarily a US market issue. In the table below we have outlined the number of B737-900 MAX flights that were scheduled for service this week and you can clearly see the carriers that have been affected....
"We don't fly the MAX 9 so the issue doesn't apply, there's none of those aircraft in Europe. "Boeingmake great aircraft. The 737 is the most audited aircraft in history, it's the oldest and most secure plane in the air, we're very proud to fly them and we've had no kickbac...
Boeing is still working to certify its 777X jet as well as the dash-7 and dash-10 variants of the 737 MAX. All those plans are late. Loading tweet... The door plug issue was traced back to missing bolts from a supplier that—somehow—never got replaced as the plane made it all ...
Boeing, which has been under fire from regulators and airlines since the Jan 5 blowout of a door plug on a 737 MAX 9, said safety was unaffected and existing 737s could keep flying. Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal saidBoeing plans to devote several "factory days" this week at t...
ABoeingsafety executive told a federal safety hearing on Tuesday that the company is working on design changes to avoid a repeat of the near catastrophic blowout of a door plug from a practically new 737 Max 9 at the start of the year. ...
What happened to the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 flight? On a routine flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario in southern California, a piece of the airplane known as a “door plug” blew out of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 whilst in the air. On board, it looks pretty scary since...
Boeing is wrestling with a quality crisis and faces scrutiny from regulators and customers, after a door plug on a near-new MAX blew off an Alaska Air jetliner while in mid-air in January. The deal would need to be approved on Thursday by Boeing factory workers near Seattle and ...
Ortberg’s toughest job will be restoring Boeing’s reputation for quality, which was crushed after two 737 Max jets crashed less than five months apart in 2018 and 2019, killing 346 people, and took another big hit when a door plug blew off a Max during an Alaska Airlines flight in Janu...
Company executives have been forced to talk more about safety and less about finances since a door plugblew out of a Boeing 737 Maxduring an Alaska Airlines flight in January, leaving a gaping hole in the plane. The accident halted progress that Boeing seemed to be making while recovering fro...
We speak with the Founder and CEO ofWright Electric, an aviation company with a goal to make all regional single-aisle flights zero-emissions. In the news, Boeing testified before the NTSB about the 737 door plug incident, American Airlines new standby rules are criticized, Space-X may bring...