The FAA increased its oversight of Boeing and began an audit of the company's production and manufacturing in the wake of the door plug blow-out. Amid the fallout of the door plug failure, Boeingannounced last weekthat its CEO, Dave Calhoun, will step down at the end of ...
"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 ...
SEATTLE - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said its investigation into the 737-9 MAX door plug fallout has been complicated after Boeing informed the agency that security video investigators requested had been overwritten.According to the NTSB, they still have not been informed by Boe...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Passengers on Alaska Airlines flight 1282 have chosen to file a class-action lawsuit against Boeing after a door plug blew off the plane last week. A Seattle firm filed the suit against Boeing on behalf of the passengers after their aircraft, a Boe...
Physical trauma.In the case of Flight 1282, when the door plug blew out, the sudden decompression likely meant that inside the aircraft, excessive wind speeds were blowing throughout. This often causes items and objects to loosen and fly inside the cabin. A strike from an object can leave ...
“no plane has gone through more scrutiny in history. I believe it is now safe to fly.”… Fast forward to 2024, a door plug fell out of another MAX nearly killing everyone on board so you are totally wrong there. Time to think about another career, no? The fundamental problem with ...
Inflation rises for second month in a row He said Boeing had doubled the number of its own engineers on production lines after concerns raised by the failure of a door "plug", that blew out at 16,000 feet apparently because four bolts had not been secured. ...
What the fallout from the Boeing 737 Max 9's disturbing door-plug failure means for airline and BA shareholders. Marc GubertiFeb. 12, 2024 Megatrends: The New Space Race The commercial space industry has taken up the torch of the space race as companies carve out niches in satellites, space...
Crandall's comments to FOX Business come after a door plug blew off midflight on aBoeing 737 Max 9jet being operated by Seattle-based Alaska Airlines on January 5. Previously, in 2019, the FAA grounded Boeing 737 Max jets after two deadly incidents – a Lion Air flight from Jakarta, I...
After a door plug blew out on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 high over Portland in January (miraculously not killing anyone), 2024 has seen endless headlines chronicling shoddy workmanship, rampant outsourcing, frequent stonewalling and overall tone deafness from the company. What went wrong? Once,...