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

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It also answers critical questions about why the door plug detached shortly after Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 took off from Portland International Airport in Oregon. eliminated other possible reasons for the door plug’s faulty installation. Mr. Calhoun visited Spirit in Wichita. The N.T.S.B. 27 to Dec.

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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

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One quality manager in Washington State who left Boeing last year said workers assembling planes would sometimes try to install parts that had not been logged or inspected, an attempt to save time by circumventing quality procedures intended to weed out defective or substandard components. Boeing said that since Jan. After the Jan.

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National Drive Electric Week 2023 Recap: Let’s Give Them Something To Talk About

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Of course, that kind of electr ic enthusiasm is palpable at every NDEW event and, clicking on any NDEW news story, practically jumps off the screen, whether reporters come calling from Boca Ratan, Wichita, Pittsburgh, Niagara Falls or Santa Monica. ” In the limelight: E. Gail Chandler, who just bought her first EV at age 80.

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Boeing Reinstalled Panel That Later Blew Out of 737 Max Jet

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The request to open the plug came from employees of Spirit AeroSystems, a supplier that makes the body for the 737 Max in Wichita, Kan. How the panel was installed at Boeing’s factory will almost certainly be a focus of federal investigations. Boeing employees then reinstalled the door. In addition to the N.T.S.B.,

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