Senator calls out Boeing, FAA after midflight panic, whistleblower suicide
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Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley calls out Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration as safety concerns soar following 737 Max incidents, whistleblower claims.
Grassley pointed to what he called a "history of aircraft disasters" involving Boeing jets going back to the explosion of TWA Flight 800 in 1996 and including Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, where a Boeing 737 Max craft lost a door panel at 16,000 feet in January. Eight people suffered minor injuries.
"Had this happened at cruising altitude the results might have been catastrophic," Grassley wrote in a letter to outgoing Boeing CEO David Calhoun.
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