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A mid-air blowout has put jetmaker Boeing back in the exact place investors and management hoped it would avoid – back in the regulatory crosshairs just as it was awaiting approval of new models of its best-selling MAX jet.
A preliminary investigation by United Airlines found at least 10 Boeing models with loose bolts and the figure might increase also.
Investigators have recovered a piece of fuselage that tore off the left side of an Alaska Airlines-operated Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet shortly after taking off from Portland, Oregon, on Friday that forced a dramatic emergency landing. The panel is a plug put in place on some 737 MAX 9s instead of an additional emergency exit, and regulators have grounded 171 planes so airlines can conduct inspections of those crafts. At least two air carriers have already found that bolts used to secure that panel were loosened.
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun told a staff meeting on Tuesday that the planemaker would need to work to earn confidence of airlines and ensure they understand every Boeing plane in the sky is safe,...
The fuselage tore off the left side of an Alaska Airlines flight shortly after taking off from Portland, Oregon. The panel is a plug in place on some 737 MAX 9s instead of an additional emergency exit. As Alaska Air Flight 1282 reached just over 16,000 feet (4.88 km) on Jan. 5, the panel tore off from the side of the jet, leaving a refrigerator-sized, rectangular hole in the aircraft.