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Investigations began after the cabin panel of a 737 max 9 jet blew off during an alaska airlines flight last week. its the second major safety scandal to put the 737 max in spotlight; the first involved the deaths of 346 people in two crashes in ethiopia and indonesia. addressing employees at a factory in washington — where the planes are assembled — dave calhoun said boeing would approach the issue with complete transparency. we are going to approach this, number one, acknowledging our mist...

What I heard wasn’t necessarily reassuring.

Unit of boeing until it broke off in 2005. it has no relation to spirit airlines. the kansas-based manufacturer announcing today spirit aero systems has been working close with their customer since january 5. a spirit team is now supporting the ntsbs investigation directly. as a company, we remain focused on each structure that leaves our facilities. spirit aero stock is closing in on before it was before the incident. they revamped their leadership team replacing their ceo last october. neil? >...

Boeing 737 MAX planes' safety record isn't stellar. MAX 8 crashes killed 346 people in 2018-2019, and a manufacturing issue caused Friday's incident.

United and Alaska Airlines said this week they found loose bolts on door panels of several of their grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 planes.

What's a "door plug" and why do airliners have them? How does a smartphone still work after falling three miles? We have answers to these and other questions stemming from Alaska Flight 1282.

Four days after a section of the fuselage suddenly detached as an Alaska Airlines plane was taking off, United Airlines reported Monday its inspectors discovered several "instances that appear to relate to installation issues in the door plug," including bolts needing additional tightening.

Intense emotions for sure. >> reporter: the door plug that failed is held in place by bolts and pins, used to seal an extra emergency exit if airlines dont need it. the ntsb says on three previous flights pressurization warning lights lit up in the same plane. yet alaska only restricted the plane from flying over water to hawaii until technicians could evaluate the problem. its early, but should alaska have grounded the plane back then? >> certainly it should have been a warning sign to them. ju...

Section of Boeing 737 Max 9′s fuselage blows out, creating vacuum that sucked shirt off teenage passenger

Airlines boeing 737 max 9 jets. united says theres similar problems with the other boeing planes. msnbcs constant -- costello has the latest. >> reporter: breaking tonight, united airlines reports it has found loose bulge in some of its 737 max nine door plugs its both united and alaska airlines conduct faa ordered inspections on all max 9s in the u.s.. earlier today, the ntsb recovered that missing 63 pound door plug that blew out of a side of an alaska airlines max 9 friday night. landing in a...