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Investigators Outline Critical Questions in Boeing 737 Max 9 Incident

Baua Electric

The questions also include whether Alaska Airlines, which operated the flight from Portland, Ore., How was this door plug installed or who installed it?” United Airlines said on Monday afternoon that it had found some loose bolts in door plugs on its Max 9 planes during preliminary inspections that began over the weekend.

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Drive Electric Awards 2022, wrapped!

Plug in America

Plug In America is proud to honor individuals, groups, and large organizations for their important work advancing EVs. This year, the fifth annual Drive Electric Awards took place at the Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach, CA, and welcomed numerous speakers as well as the complete Plug In America staff and board. Winners: Portland, Oregon.

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Alaska Airlines 737 May Have Left Boeing Factory Missing Bolts, N.T.S.B. Says

Baua Electric

The panel, known as a door plug, was opened to repair damaged rivets on the plane’s fuselage, according to Boeing’s records. The report did not say who removed the bolts keeping the door plug in place. provided a photograph of the door plug after it was reinstalled but before the interior was restored. As evidence, the N.T.S.B.

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WVU NAFTC partners with Tesla Motors for professional development and electric drive vehicle first responder safety training

Green Car Congress

The First Responder Safety Training consists of four modules titled Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Battery Electric Vehicles and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles. The other train-the-trainer sessions have occurred at past NAFTC events in Gallagher, W. South Portland, Maine; and Sanford, Fla.

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737 Max Inspections Delayed as Boeing Revises Guidance

Baua Electric

had said that it would require inspections of the planes after one such panel was blown out during an Alaska Airlines flight that had taken off from Portland, Ore., The inspections are focused on the door plugs, door components and fasteners. On Saturday, the F.A.A. the previous day. Hours later, the F.A.A. A former F.A.A.

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And now…the Plug In Tanker

Revenge of the Electric Car

Cold Ironing is the term for plugging a ship’s electrical system into the on-shore grid to supply power so that the ship’s giant diesel engine can be turned off while it’s docked. of Portland, Ore., was plugged into what is billed as the world’s first shore-side electrical grid. ron.white@latimes.com.

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Boeing Faces Tricky Balance Between Safety and Financial Performance

Baua Electric

The subject has taken on new significance after news accounts, including a report in The New York Times , that Boeing workers opened and then reinstalled the panel, known as a door plug. The plug tore away from the Alaska plane shortly after takeoff from Portland, Ore. United Airlines and Alaska, the only two U.S.

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