On January 5th, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft suddenly had its emergency hatch fall off shortly after takeoff, and the flight immediately returned for an emergency landing. Passengers Kyle Link, Amanda Strickland, and Kevin Guo sat near the cabin door. Two months had passed, and...
Boeing has faced intense scrutiny since a "door plug" fell off a 737 Max 9 jet operated by Alaska Airlines, narrowly averting catastrophe. Alaska Air and United Airlines, the only two U.S. carriers that use the plane, were subsequently forced to ground most of their Max 9s. The National ...
The labor standoff comes during an already challenging year for Boeing, which became the focus of multiple federal investigations after a door panel blew off a 737 Max plane during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. The strike has deprived the company of much-needed cash that it gets from...
What is the "door plug" that flew off in mid-flight? The "door plug" that flew off during Friday's flight was in use because the Alaska Airlines' jet was configured to hold fewer than the maximum 220 passengers that could be packed onto a 737 Max 9. ...
His death comes at a time when production standards at both Boeing and its key supplier Spirit Aerosystems are under intensescrutiny. This follows an incident in early January when an unused emergency exit door blew off a brand-new Boeing 737 Max shortly after take-off from Portland Internationa...
DALLAS (AP) — Boeing said Friday that it is in preliminary talks to buy Spirit AeroSystems, which builds fuselages for Boeing 737 Max jetliners, including the one that suffered a door-panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight in January. Boeing used to own Spirit, and it said...
This comes after the cabin door of an Alaska Airlines plane blew off mid-flight in January, sparking congressional and federal investigations. May 14 Boeing is ready to launch its new Starliner spaceship with a crew for the first time Mark Strassman reports Boeing's reputation will be on ...
All Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes have been grounded for safety reasons after an unused cabin door came away from an Alaska Airlines airplane minutes after take-off on January 5, 2024. Lonely Planet’s resident aviation journalist and airline expert, John Walton, breaks down what happened, what com...
which S&P Global Ratings estimates costs Boeing more than $1 billion a month, bookends an already difficult year that started with a near-catastrophic blowout of a737 Max door plugand comes six years after the first of two fatal Max crashes put the storied manufacturer in constantcrisis mode....
‘They’re just mad’: Boeing strikers prepare for long haul The group has been grappling with problems since a door panel blew off one of its 737 Max aircraft in mid-flight at the start of January. Regulators demanded that the company slow production of the best-selling jet as part of ...