It was delivered and entered service in May 2023 as a part of Alaska Airlines' fleet of 737 MAX 9 aircraft, which are commonly used for both domestic and international flights. The carrier ...

The FAA grounded some Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after a door plug fell from an Alaska Airlines flight. Afterward, other airlines reported “loose bolts” in their Boeing aircraft. WSJ’s George ...

but last year the DOJ notified Boeing that it had breached the agreement after a door plug blew off a Boeing-made 737 Max 9 flown by Alaska Airlines. Avoiding a criminal conviction would be a ...

Both crashes preceded the Alaska Airlines incident in Jan. 2024, when a door plug fell out of the fuselage of a Boeing 737 Max 9, a newer model, after departure.

Alaska Airlines is making a crucial investment in pilot training, a little more than one year after it became entangled in the ongoing Boeing 737 drama. The carrier, which is in the midst of merging ...

An Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 plane in flight.

In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge after two fatal 737 MAX crashes and to ... blowout of a door panel on an Alaska Airlines' ALK.N jet that exposed ...

That came after a January 2024 incident in which an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX was forced to make an emergency landing when a panel blew out mid-flight. US District Judge Reed O'Connor last month ordered ...

The surprise development upends a long-running legal saga that Boeing hoped to end as it tries to show progress on several fronts more than one year after a door plug blew off a Boeing-made Alaska ...