Despite a tire malfunction on departure from Atlanta, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 made a safe landing in San Diego International Airport on April 3rd, 2025.

Last year, the company faced a quality crisis after a door plug came off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max that had been delivered to the carrier just 66 days earlier. The Federal Aviation Administration ...

Its own production woes, created by safety issues dating back to the two fatalities in 2019 and the door plug that blew out of an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 last year, have resulted in massive ...

The agreement marks the biggest strategic move by Ortberg, who took over from Dave Calhoun last August following the mid-air blowout of a door panel on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max aircraft in January.

including a door plug blowing off the side of a 737 MAX flown by Alaska Airlines minutes after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, the US on January 4. In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a ...

Boeing’s 2025 is off to a good start as it continues to make progress on its manufacturing safety changes, which it has been implementing since last year’s Alaska Airlines 737-9 Max plane door ...

Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems were hit hard last year after the Alaska Airlines 737-9 Max plane door plug blowout incident. Boeing spent billions fixing its manufacturing and safety quality issues ...

Boeing has also faced significant woes after a new Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 in January suffered a mid-air emergency after it was missing four key bolts. Boeing in July agreed to plead guilty to a ...

However, its expansion has been hampered by delays in aircraft deliveries from Boeing, following increased regulatory scrutiny of the 737 MAX programme. The scrutiny was intensified after a mid-air ...

These delays are largely attributed to enhanced regulatory scrutiny following a 2024 incident, where a cabin panel on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX aircraft blew out mid-flight. This heightened focus on ...