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 ...
"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 ...
(In case you were wondering, the door plug was found in the yard of a school teacher.) What was the cause of the blowout? The door plug blowout is suspected to be linked to amanufacturing issuewith Boeing’s 737 Max 9 aircraft. The FAA mandates a specific number of emergency exits bas...
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 ...
Spirit AeroSystems, a subcontractor which installed the door plug that blew out of the Alaska Airlines plane, said in a statement that "quality and product integrity" are a priority. It is the latest issue for Boeing after its 737 MAX aircraft were grounded for a ...
” But this January, it became clear that Boeing had a long uphill battle ahead. At the start of an Alaska Airlines flight out of Portland International Airport, a Boeing 737 Max 9’s door plugseparatedfrom its fuselage and plummeted more than 16,000 feet to the ground. Though the ...
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 ...
Days before Boeing’s deferred prosecution agreement over 737 Max crashes would’ve expired, a door plug blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight, and the case was reopened. Now, attorneys for family members of the crash victims have been told federal prosecutors will seek a guilty plea from...
Four bolts meant to hold the Boeing 737 Max 9 door plug in place were missing last month when part of a planeblew out on an Alaska Airlines flight,the National Transportation Safety Board found in a preliminary report released on Tuesday. ...