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

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Four bolts used to secure the panel that ultimately blew off an Alaska Airlines plane during a flight last month were removed — and appear not to have been replaced — at Boeing’s factory in Renton, Wash., The panel, known as a door plug, was opened to repair damaged rivets on the plane’s fuselage, according to Boeing’s records.

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Boeing C.E.O. to Step Down in Major Reshuffle at Embattled Plane Maker

Baua Electric

MARCH 25, 2024

The management overhaul comes less than three months after a panel, known as a door plug, blew off a Boeing Max 9 during an Alaska Airlines flight on Jan. The incident plunged the company into crisis five years after crashes in 2018 and 2019 of its Max 8 planes that killed nearly 350 people. This is a breaking news story.

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Boeing Faces Tricky Balance Between Safety and Financial Performance

Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2024

The National Transportation Safety Board is expected in the coming days to release a preliminary report on the incident, which occurred on an Alaska Airlines flight. The National Transportation Safety Board is expected in the coming days to release a preliminary report on the incident, which occurred on an Alaska Airlines flight.

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Boeing Suspends Financial Outlook as It Focuses on Safety

Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

Boeing is trying to stem the fallout from an incident less than four weeks ago during which a hole blew open on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 plane shortly after takeoff. “My Experts raised similar concerns after two crashes of 737 Max 8 planes killed nearly 350 people in 2018 and 2019. Boeing had been hoping the F.A.A.

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Investigators Outline Critical Questions in Boeing 737 Max 9 Incident

Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

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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737 Max Inspections Delayed as Boeing Revises Guidance

Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

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., 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.,

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Grounded Boeing Max 9 Jets Could Resume Flying Within Days

Baua Electric

JANUARY 24, 2024

6 after a body panel detached from an Alaska Airlines Max 9 minutes after the flight took off from Portland, Ore., The process includes requiring airlines to inspect certain bolts and fasteners and to re-torque fasteners on the panel, known as a door plug, which is placed where an emergency exit door would be if a jet had more seats.

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Boeing in Talks to Buy Spirit AeroSystems, a Struggling Supplier

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MARCH 1, 2024

5, when a panel on a 737 Max 9 blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight shortly after takeoff, exposing passengers to deafening wind at 16,000 feet. Door plugs are used to cover gaps in a plane’s body where an emergency exit would have been installed if the jet had the maximum number of seats. It’s kind of a failed market,” he said.

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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

Less than two months later, an Alaska Airlines 737 Max plane with eight hours of total flight time was briefly grounded until mechanics resolved a problem with a fire detection system. They suggest that Boeing is struggling to improve quality years after two crashes of Max 8 planes in 2018 and 2019 killed nearly 350 people.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

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Boeing Max 9 Jets Remain Grounded as Airlines Await Inspection Instructions

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JANUARY 7, 2024

No one was seriously injured in the episode on an Alaska Airlines flight on Friday night in which a portion of a Max 9 fuselage blew out in midair, exposing passengers to howling wind. In the meantime, Alaska, United and other carriers said they had parked all their Max 9 planes, despite stating on Saturday that some were deemed safe to fly.

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Boeing Again Under Scrutiny After Latest 737 Max Problem

Baua Electric

JANUARY 7, 2024

No one was seriously injured in the episode on an Alaska Airlines flight Friday night in which a portion of a 737 Max 9 fuselage blew out in midair, exposing passengers to howling wind. The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the inspection of 171 Max 9 planes operated by Alaska and other U.S. to Ontario, Calif., to Ontario, Calif.,

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Boeing Reinstalled Panel That Later Blew Out of 737 Max Jet

Baua Electric

JANUARY 24, 2024

Nearly three weeks after a hole blew open on a Boeing 737 Max 9 during an Alaska Airlines flight, terrifying passengers, new details about the jet’s production are intensifying scrutiny of Boeing’s quality-control practices. The door plug is placed where an emergency exit door would be if a jet had more seats.

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F.A.A. Investigating Whether Boeing 737 Max 9 Conformed to Approved Design

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JANUARY 11, 2024

said the investigation stemmed from the loss of a fuselage panel of a Boeing 737 Max 9 operated by Alaska Airlines shortly after it took off on Friday from Portland, Ore., The company has struggled to regain the public’s trust after two crashes of 737 Max 8 jetliners, in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019, killed a total of 346 people.

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

Boeing C.E.O. to Step Down in Major Reshuffle at Embattled Plane Maker

Boeing Faces Tricky Balance Between Safety and Financial Performance

Boeing Suspends Financial Outlook as It Focuses on Safety

Investigators Outline Critical Questions in Boeing 737 Max 9 Incident

737 Max Inspections Delayed as Boeing Revises Guidance

Grounded Boeing Max 9 Jets Could Resume Flying Within Days

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Boeing Max 9 Jets Remain Grounded as Airlines Await Inspection Instructions

Boeing Again Under Scrutiny After Latest 737 Max Problem

Boeing Reinstalled Panel That Later Blew Out of 737 Max Jet

F.A.A. Investigating Whether Boeing 737 Max 9 Conformed to Approved Design

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