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Boeing Again Under Scrutiny After Latest 737 Max Problem

Baua Electric

Spirit AeroSystems also worked on the fuselage for the 737 Max 9, including manufacturing and installing the door plug that failed on the Alaska Airlines flight. The Max was grounded in early 2019 after two crashes killed a total of 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Alaska Airlines has 65 Max 9 planes, while United Airlines has 79.

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

Baua Electric

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. The board is trying to determine whether bolts that would have kept the panel from moving and opening were missing or installed incorrectly. and the N.T.S.B.

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