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

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The report intensifies the scrutiny on Boeing, which has been scrambling for weeks to contain the fallout from the incident, and it raises fresh questions about whether the company did enough to improve safety after two fatal crashes of 737 Max 8 planes in 2018 and 2019. Mr. Calhoun visited Spirit in Wichita. The N.T.S.B. 27 to Dec.

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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. It was the second time in recent years that the company and its leaders have had to answer for serious problems with its planes. Boeing employees then reinstalled the door. In addition to the N.T.S.B.,

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