FILE PHOTO: The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX, which was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage, is seen during its investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Portland, Oregon, U.S. Ja...
MORE: Alaska Airlines timeline: How incident involving missing door plug unfolded The incident remains under investigation by the NTSB. The Department of Justice has alsolaunched a probe. The FAA increased its oversight of Boeing and began an audit of the company's production and ...
The Federal Aviation AdministrationsaidThursday it is conducting an investigation into Boeing's 737 Max 9 aircraft following Friday'smid-air blowoutof a door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight. "This incident should have never happened and it cannot happen again," the FAA said in the statement. ...
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...
Preliminary findings 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 early January. What To Know: New photos released Tuesday appear to show four key bolts were...
The NTSB said it has investigated whether the door plug was ever removed after it left the Boeing factory for delivery to Alaska in late October, with no such evidence being found. "The investigation continues to determine what manufacturing documents were used to authorize the opening ...
A door plug, which has been recovered, tore off after a plane took off from Portland, Oregon, causing depressurisation and forcing pilots to turn back. Since then, more than 170 planes have been grounded while safety checks are carried out.
"Safety is always our top priority. As this investigation moves forward, we have full confidence in the safety of our operation and aircraft," the airline said. Spirit AeroSystems, the manufacturer of the blown-out door plug, was the focus of a class-action lawsuit filed in December of las...
Boeing is facing an investigation after a door plug blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight. Rebecca Mezistrano Updated: Jan 8, 2024 1:16 PM ESTStart Conversation TheStreet's J.D. Durkin brings the latest business headlines from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as markets...
BOEING RESPONDS AFTER BEING REBUKED BY NTSB FOR SHARING DETAILS OF ALASKA AIRLINES DOOR BLOWOUT INVESTIGATION Elizabeth Lund, Boeing Senior Vice President of Quality, speaks to gathered media in front of a slide detailing the plug door blow-out that occurred on January 5, 2024 on Alaska Airlines...