It has been two months since the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 passenger plane by Alaska Airlines, but for the passengers on board, the loud noise, cold, panic, and despair at the time of the accident still plague them. According to a report by CBS on the 4th, three passengers on boa...
There was no evidence the door was opened again after it left the Boeing factory, the report added, increasing pressure on one of the world's two biggest plane makers. The investigation was commenced by the investigative agency National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in ea...
The Boeing 727's rear door, or otherwise described as the rear ventral airstair, could be opened mid-flight. Unlike other doors on the727, there was no mechanical preventative stopping the rear door being opened while in flight and, say, a passenger jumping from the plane. This very scenar...
Following the January 5 incident, Alaska Airlines and United Airlines — the only U.S. carriers who operate the 737 Max 9 — said they found loose bolts on door plugs on several of their Max 9 aircraft. The FAA said Tuesday that every 737 Max 9 plane with a door plug willremain ground...
All of this is degrading, not just to business, but to the quality of American life itself. It’s not simply that one should not need to fear that a door on your plane will blow open midflight. It’s that the problem of corporations putting their customers last pervades our lives, ev...
Boeing used to own Spirit, and it said that bringing the supplier back into the Boeing fold would improve plane quality and safety, which has come under increasing scrutiny by regulators, Congress and airlines. Buying Spirit back would reverse a longtime Boeing strategy of outsourcing ...
One of its United Airlines flights landed prematurely in Florida after pilots were alerted about a possible problem with the door on an Airbus A319. The plane took off "after the issue was addressed," the airline confirmed.
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...
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 said: "Spirit is a committed partner with Boeing on the 737 programme, and we continue to work together ...
inspections of other 737 Max jets prompted by Friday's mid-air blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight turned up loose bolts and other “installation issues” on the part that failed — a door plug used to seal openings used for additional emergency exits in some conf...