The 737 MAX 9 is currently grounded by the FAA for inspections after a plugged emergency exit door fell off mid-flight during Alaska Flight 1282. The 737 MAX was previously grounded for 1 year, 8 months, and 8 days after the Lion Air and Ethoipian Air crashes....
“Every Boeing 737-9 Max with a plug door will remain grounded until the FAA finds each can safely return to operation,” the FAA said in a statement. “The safety of the flying public, not speed, will determine the timeline for returning the Boeing 737-9 Max to service.” ...
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded the Boeing 737 MAX 9 following this incident. During this grounding, airlines had to perform inspections on these jets, to make sure the same problems didn’t exist with deactivated exits on other planes. As it turns out, other ...
Compared with previous versions of the 737, the Max's engines sit farther forward and higher up on the underwing pylons. Andrew Hoyle/CNET When was the Max grounded? About 30 airlines operated the Max by the time of the second crash (the three largest customers being Southwest Airl...
Here is a list of airlines and countries that have grounded the aircraft so far: Australia Australia has announced a temporary ban on flights by Boeing 737 Max aircraft, although none of its airlines currently operate them. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority said Tuesday the ban will affect two...
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Boeing said Thursday that it has completed software update and tests for 737 Max planes that have been grounded worldwide since March this year following two deadly air crashes in a short span of five months. ...
In response to the mid-air incident, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes to run inspections, which has caused cancellations to pile up for passengers. Other 737 MAX 9s have been grounded elsewhere. Alaska Airlines said it cancelled 1...
据央视新闻援引美国哥伦比亚广播公司7日报道,在美国阿拉斯加航空公司波音737 MAX 9型客机发生“掉门”事件两个月后,近日,三名机上乘客起诉阿拉斯加航空公司及波音公司,索赔10亿美元,他们表示,事故发生时的巨响、寒冷、惊慌、绝望,依然困扰着他们。 波音飞机舱门在飞行途中突然脱落(图源:新华社) ...
Criticism of both the company and its regulator go back to deadly Max 8 crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people. Whitaker vowed that FAA will “take appropriate and necessary action” to keep the flying public safe. After the incident on the Alaska jet, the FAA grounded ...
000 thousand feet. Thankfully no one was hurt. But the incident has understandably rattled travelers and prompted calls for more regulation and oversight. The Federal Aviation Administrationtemporarily grounded some Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanesin the immediate aftermath of the accident and...