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Boeing said on Tuesday it delivered 27 airplanes in January, which was down 29% from the same month last year as regulators, lawmakers and customers pressured the planemaker following a MAX 9 mid-air cabin panel blowout last month. Deliveries of the profit-making 737 MAX fell to just 25 aircraft after two solid months where Boeing delivered in excess of 40 MAXs. While deliveries tend to be slower in January, Boeing delivered 38 airplanes, including 35 MAXs, in January 2023.

Photo documentation after repairing the rivets and replacing the MED plug shows that the bolts were not reinstalled after the rivets were repaired.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said an operator of a 737 Max plane discovered loose bolts in a rudder control system for the plane. The FAA said it received a report about a missing nut, washer and “migrated” bolt in the system from an operator in December of last year. It said Boeing then…

Boeing executives extended an olive branch to the company's strained supply chain this week to help them deal with the fallout of the latest 737 MAX crisis, but those firms are taking a wait-and-see attitude after years of dealing with the planemaker's hard-line approach. The aerospace giant's shift in tone was underlined by a speech on Wednesday by Ihssane Mounir, Boeing's vice president of supply chain and fabrication, at an aerospace conference outside Seattle. Mounir&#x...

With Boeing under scrutiny following a door panel flying off an aircraft mid-fight, 11 News asked travelers at BWI-Marshall if they've had second thoughts.

(Reuters) -Spirit AeroSystems held off providing a forecast for 2024 on Tuesday, citing uncertainty on the timing of 737 MAX production increases at Boeing and ongoing price negotiations with Airbus that will focus on the A220 program. The move follows a similar announcement from Boeing last week on its 2024 forecast and comes as the companies face scrutiny from investors, regulators and lawmakers following the mid-air blowout on a 737 MAX 9 aircraft last month. "The quality and safety of...

Federal regulators barred Boeing 737 MAX production increases after a door plug in an Alaska Airlines plane blew out mid-flight.

Yet another problem with the 737 MAX has investors resetting their expectations.

"I saw the pressure employees were under to rush the planes out the door," Ed Pierson said following a blowout accident last month.

Part of the fuselage blowing off shortly after takeoff, leaving a gaping hole in the plane, and phones and clothing ripped away from terrified passengers. Investigations revealing sloppy work, including loose or missing bolts, instances of tools, trash and even empty tequila bottles left inside planes built for government clients. Worldwide groundings. Halts to deliveries due to quality issues.