Preliminaryfindings from an independent investigation show that a handful of key bolts appear to be missing from the door plug that blew out of a Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) 737 Max 9 plane midflight in earl
"I have not seen nor heard of anybody say that there was an inspection requirement on this (door plug installation). There should be," said Goglia. "Anything that's a single point of failure that's going to cause you a potential crash needs to be checked both by ...
While the Boeing 737-900ER has been in use for nearly two decades, the FAA said it has the same door plug design as the Boeing 737 Max 9 jet involved in the Alaska Airlines' mid-air incident. In the U.S., there are about 380 of the 737-900ER aircraft in service, primarily...
New details revealed of Boeing door plug incident aboard Alaska Airlines flight ABC News' Trevor Ault reports on new details from the flight crew and the severe production issues inside the Boeing 737 plant leading up to the incident. August 7, 2024 ...
Boeing’s factory logs show that crews apparently did not follow procedures as they faced mounting pressure over delays in finishing a jet that would later have its door plugblown off midflight,according to a report. The production breakdown, as first reported by the Wall Str...
Boeing has paid Alaska Air Group approximately $160 million in compensation following the door plug incident on Alaska Flight 1282, according to an SEC filing.
The door plug was originally installed by contractor Spirit AeroSystems in Kansas. When it was shipped to Boeing's factory in Renton, Washington, for assembly, damaged rivets were discovered on the fuselage that required the door...
Elizabeth Lund, senior vice president of quality for Boeing commercial airplanes, is expected to testify for much of the opening day regarding the plane's manufacturing, inspections and events surrounding the opening and closing of the mid-exit door plug, according to anNTSB-released agenda. ...
An Alaska Airlines Max 9 was forced to make anemergency landingon Jan. 5 after a panel called a door plug blew out of the side of the plane shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon. The NTSBis investigatingthe accident, while the FAA investigates whether Boeing and its suppliers followed...
The CFT launching comes at a critical time for Boeing given the aftermath of two highly publicized 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019 and more recently, theblowout of a cabin door "plug" during an Alaska Airlines flightthat has raised fresh questions about the company's safety cultur...