On January 5th, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft suddenly had its emergency hatch fall off shortly after takeoff, and the flight immediately returned for an emergency landing. Passengers Kyle Link, Amanda Strickland, and Kevin Guo sat near the cabin door. Two months had passed, and...
The Boeing Co. logo is displayed outside of company offices near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in El Segundo, California. Boeing has been in the headlines a lot lately following a series of incidents after the January Alaska Airlines near-miss in which a door panel came off mid-fl...
If a plane has a lot of spacious business class and extra-legroom seats taking up more space in the cabin, it won’t have as many passengers, so won’t need as many exit doors. A low-cost carrier is tightly packed with all-economy seats and will require an additional exit door. Cou...
In the two-day hearing, which concludes Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board aims to pinpoint what went wrong and craft recommendations after a fuselage panel known as a door-plug suddenly came off mid-flight on an Alaska Airlines plane. Video of the episode showed oxygen masks h...
Four key bolts were missing from the door that blew off an Alaska Airlines plane in mid-air in January, according to a preliminary report from a US regulator. The door panel, known as a plug, had been removed to fix rivets damaged in production, the initial report said...
Boeing has faced intense scrutiny since a "door plug" fell off a 737 Max 9 jet operated by Alaska Airlines, narrowly averting catastrophe. Alaska Air and United Airlines, the only two U.S. carriers that use the plane, were subsequently forced to ground most of their Max 9s. The National...
Image:Exterior photos suggest the rear mid-cabin exit door came off during the flight. Pic: KGW The MAX, the latest version of Boeing's 737, is a twin-engine single-aisle plane which went into service in May 2017. Mr Learmount said airlines running the plan...
This comes after the cabin door of an Alaska Airlines plane blew off mid-flight in January, sparking congressional and federal investigations. May 14, 2024 Boeing is ready to launch its new Starliner spaceship with a crew for the first time ...
In response to the Alaska Airlines incident, U.S. regulators have grounded 171 jets from the 737 MAX 9 fleet with the same configuration as the plane involved in the incident. The FAA said it would return the 737-9 MAX to service once their safety was verified. ...
American Airlines pilot to Boeing: Stop acting like a plane manufacturer and be one Capt. Dennis Tajer rips Boeing's safety culture in response to Alaska Air cabin door incident. He told FOX Business that the only people who know what needs to be fixed in the manufacturing and quality con...