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Boeing pays Alaska Airlines $160M after 737 Max door-plug blowout over Oregon
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 awaits inspection at the airline’s hangar at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Jan. 10, 2024, in SeaTac, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File ...
Flightglobal1y
Boeing pays Alaska Airlines $160m for 737 Max 9 grounding
Boeing paid Alaska Air Group $160 million in the first quarter as compensation for the 737 Max 9 grounding that followed the rapid de-pressurisation of Alaska Airlines flight 1282. That amount was ...
USA Today1y
Seat belt 'saved' life of passenger on Boeing 737 Max flight that lost panel, lawsuit says
A seat belt apparently saved the life of a passenger on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 jet that lost a door-sized panel of its fuselage just after takeoff on Jan. 5 from Portland ...
Alaska Public Media1y
Seat belt saved Alaska Airlines passenger’s life in Boeing 737 blowout, new lawsuit says
The suction tore Tran’s shoes and socks from his feet and he felt his body lift off his seat ... NTSB says Boeing is withholding key details about door plug on Alaska 737 Max 9 jet In a ...
Seeking Alpha1y
Boeing 737 MAX in Alaska Air door incident was scheduled for maintenance check
The Boeing (NYSE:BA) 737 MAX 9 involved in a Jan. 5 midair door plug blowout that led to an emergency landing was scheduled for a maintenance check that evening. Alaska Air (ALK) decided to have ...
The Spokesman-Review1y
Alaska Airlines Boeing MAX had check scheduled for hours after blowout
SEATTLE – The day a piece of fuselage blew off a Boeing 737 MAX 9 midflight, Alaska Airlines engineers and technicians had scheduled a maintenance check for that aircraft. The plane – which ...
Wall Street Journal1y
Boeing Response in Alaska Airlines 737 MAX Probe Is Blasted by Feds
The FAA grounded some Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after a door plug fell from an Alaska Airlines flight. WSJ’s George Downs explores what the accident means for Boeing and whether the company can ...
New York Post1y
Head of Boeing’s 737 Max program leaves company after Alaska Air door blowout
Boeing said the head of its 737 Max program is leaving as it continues to grapple with fallout over the midair door blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight last month. Ed Clark, who led Boeing’s ...
USA Today1y
Boeing's 737 Max program leader is leaving in the wake of Alaska Airlines incident
Cruising Altitude: I've covered Boeing's 737 MAX for years. Here's a quick rundown of the issues. Subsequent inspections by maintenance personnel at United Airlines and Alaska Airlines found ...
CBS News1y
Preliminary NTSB report on Boeing 737 Max 9 Alaska Airlines flight finds missing bolts led to mid-air door blowout
Four bolts meant to hold the Boeing 737 Max 9 door plug in place were missing last month when part of a plane blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight, the National Transportation Safety Board found ...
Los Angeles Times1y
Boeing 737 Max 9 plane that lost door plug was missing bolts, NTSB says
Four bolts were missing from a door panel that blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight last month while the Boeing 737 Max 9 plane was flying over Oregon, according to a preliminary report from the ...