Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

And some suppliers have struggled to adhere to quality standards while producing parts at the pace Boeing wanted them. That panel is known as a “door plug” and is used to cover the gap left by an unneeded emergency exit. Current and former Boeing employees said the incident reflected longstanding problems.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

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 National Transportation Safety Board is investigating why the Max 9 panel, also known as a door plug, flew off. Before the announcement on Thursday, the F.A.A.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 7, 2024

Federal authorities focused attention on a mid-cabin door plug, which is used to fill the space where an emergency exit would be placed if the plane were configured with more seats. 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.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 7, 2024

The federal authorities have focused attention on a mid-cabin door plug, which was part of the plane body that was torn out at an altitude of 16,000 feet on Friday and is used to fill the space where an emergency exit would be placed if the plane were configured with more seats. “We

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