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...
"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 ...
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
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 ...
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...
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...
Airlines have the option to install a door plug in place of an actual emergency exit door. While Boeing’s Max aircraft have been plagued with problems, no previous incidents have involved blowouts such as this one, which are exceedingly rare in air travel. None of the passengers ...
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...
A new chief executive takes over at Boeing on Thursday, and he plans to walk the floor of the factory near Seattle that has become the heart of the aerospace giant's troubles.
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...