4 things to know about Boeing and Alaska Air 1282
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Boeing and US air travel are still facing the fallout a week after the dramatic in-flight door plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 last Friday.
Boeing and US air travel are still facing the fallout a week after the dramatic in-flight door plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 last Friday. The door plug — a portion of the plane’s fuselage the manufacturer can put in place instead of an emergency exit door — detached from the plane and was later found in an Oregon backyard. 171 Boeing Max 9s remain grounded in the United States as of Friday as airlines Alaska and United await updated emergency inspection guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA said Thursday it is opening an investigation into Boeing’s quality control due to the failure of the door plug. The National Transportation Safety Board is conducting its own investigation, separate from the FAA. On Wednesday, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun admitted in an interview with CNBC that the door plug failure was a “horrible escape” of its manufacturing and quality control processes. When asked what happened, Calhoun told CNBC, “What happened is exactly what you saw, a fuselage plug blew out. That’s the mistake, it can never happen.”
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