The image had been the subject of a text message between Boeing workers on Sept. 19 as they were discussing reinstallation of the door plug. 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 O...
5 when a panel called a door plug blew out of the side of the plane shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon. The NTSB is investigating the accident, while the Federal Aviation Administration investigates whether Boeing and its suppliers followed quality-control procedures. Alaska Airlines ...
When a panel known as a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines flight minutes after takeoff earlier this year, a quality investigator at the factory where the Boeing plane was manufactured says he wasn't surprised; he said he was almost expecting something like this would happen. Whistle...
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 it seemed like an entire part of the wall just fell...
Summing up this issue later, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy asked Lund late Tuesday afternoon, "We do not know specifically when this door plug ... We do not know by whom." "Correct," Lund responded. Boeing sanctioned The two-day hearing continues Wednesday, with sessions involving Boeing's ...
"Scrutiny intensified after a Jan. 5 accident, when a door plug blew out of a nearly new Boeing 737 Max 9 minutes into an Alaska Airlines flight."AnonymousQuality
No one was seriously hurt Friday aboard the affected Alaska jetliner, but Ed Pierson, a former senior manager at Boeing's 737 factory, said the door plug issue is a wake-up call for Boeing and regulators to act before something worse happens. ...
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. "I have a lot of confidence and time for the work that Dave Calhoun ...
After the incident that caused no deaths, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded all US 737 Max 9 aircraft that have the door plug feature until the planes could be thoroughly inspected. While questions flew in ensuing days, the planes stayed on the ground. Roughly three weeks later, the...
But another safety issue is the last thing that Boeing needs at this moment, two months after adoor plug on a 737 Max blew outon an Alaska Air flight, leaving a gaping hole in the side of the jet shortly after take-off. The Max has had a series of prob...