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F.A.A. Says Initial Round of 737 Max Inspections Has Been Finished

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announced that it was requiring the 40 inspections before it would approve new inspection and maintenance instructions developed by Boeing. The agency grounded 171 Max 9 planes this month after a door panel blew off an Alaska Airlines flight while it was ascending after taking off from Portland, Ore., On Friday, the F.A.A.

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Grounded Boeing Max 9 Jets Could Resume Flying Within Days

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6 after a body panel detached from an Alaska Airlines Max 9 minutes after the flight took off from Portland, Ore., On Wednesday, the agency approved a set of inspection and maintenance procedures and said airlines could resume flying the jets once the checks were complete. leaving a gaping hole in the side of the jet.

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Investigators Outline Critical Questions in Boeing 737 Max 9 Incident

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The questions also include whether Alaska Airlines, which operated the flight from Portland, Ore., said investigators had a great deal of work to do, including inspecting the plug, which was recovered from a backyard in Portland. Their work is expected to carry on for weeks. Jennifer Homendy, the chairwoman of the N.T.S.B.,

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Boeing Reinstalled Panel That Later Blew Out of 737 Max Jet

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An internal system that tracks maintenance work at the facility, which assembles 737s, shows the request for maintenance but does not contain information about whether the door plug was inspected after it was replaced, the person said. Boeing employees then reinstalled the door.

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Scheduled to Fly on a Boeing Max 9? Here Are Your Options.

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After a portion of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner’s fuselage blew out in midair minutes after taking off from Portland, Ore., approved inspection and maintenance procedures for the planes, clearing the way for the grounded Max 9 planes to fly again. appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Boeing Max 9 Jets Remain Grounded as Airlines Await Inspection Instructions

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The plane landed safely, but the event, on a flight from Portland, Ore., oversight, Boeing’s manufacturing process and installation or maintenance work done on the plane. Everything’s in, we go very broad, nothing’s excluded,” Jennifer Homendy, the chairwoman of the board, said at a news conference on Saturday night.

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Airlines Hoping for More Boeing Jets Could Be Waiting Awhile

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That announcement came about three weeks after a panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 body shortly after takeoff, terrifying passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight and forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing at the Portland International Airport in Oregon. Almost immediately, the F.A.A. grounded some Max 9s. As part of the F.A.A.’s

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