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 ...
This comes as the Boeing 737 MAX 9 remains grounded during an ongoing FAA investigation of Boeing’s part in an incident that saw Alaska Airlines experience a mid-flight blowout of a door plug. Delta, which operates both Airbus and Boeing jets, says the investigation has no...
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. ...
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...
Image: A gaping hole could be seen in the side of the aircraft. Pic: Kyle Rinker 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 passen...
5 accident in which a panel called a door plug blew off an Alaska Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner 16,000 feet (4,900 meters) above Oregon, leaving a gaping hole in the side of the plane. U.S. regulators grounded most Max 9s the following day, and investigators are probing whether bolts ...
All Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are currently grounded due to safety concerns. Photo: Wikimedia. This had lead to questions regarding how the aircraft was allowed to fly in the first place. In particular, how the FAA issued it with the same type rating, when clearly something new had been buil...
to NBC News, investigators“have indicated an increasing focus”on the hardware of the aircraft,a Boeing 737 Max 9. Not only are bolts missing from the recovered door plug, bothUnited AirlinesandAlaska Airlinesreported finding loose door plug bolts on a number of the now grounded ...