After two serious 737 Max engine outages caused by birds, Boeing alerts pilots
A detail in Boeing’s alert — mention of a system on the Max’s LEAP engine that many pilots hadn’t known about — caused concern.
Whistleblower from Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems dies after short illness
Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Spirit, was one of the first to allege Spirit leadership had ignored manufacturing defects on the 737 MAX.
Boeing disputes NTSB chair’s testimony on investigation of Alaska Airlines fuselage blowout
Boeing has refused to disclose who worked on the door plug that blew off a jetliner in January, National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy told Congress.
FAA raises new concerns about anti-ice system on Boeing 737 MAX and 787 jets
Though the FAA doesn’t consider the problems to be an immediate risk to flight safety, in February it issued separate notices of two proposed airworthiness directives to mandate the fix for the engine anti-ice system on the MAX.
Opposition grows to safety exemption for another Boeing MAX jet
In December, Boeing asked the FAA to exempt the 737 MAX 7′s engine anti-ice system from certain safety standards it fails to meet.
Alaska Air execs say they want Boeing to reimburse at least $150 million in losses
There may be a further financial impact from the fuselage blowout because of delays to Boeing’s planned deliveries of another 23 MAX jets later this year.
Boeing, not supplier, mis-installed piece that blew off Alaska Airlines MAX 9 jet, industry source says
The fuselage panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines jet this month was removed for repair but reinstalled improperly by Boeing mechanics on the Renton final assembly line, a person familiar with the details of the work told The Seattle Times.
NTSB focuses on jet assembly work by Boeing and supplier after Alaska Airlines blowout
The airline said Tuesday it is still waiting for approved final inspection and maintenance instructions for its grounded fleet of 65 MAX 9s.
When Alaska Flight 1282 blew open, a mom went into ‘go mode’ to protect her son
As the air in the cabin rushed out, an Oregon woman turned and saw her son’s seat twisting backward toward the hole, his seat headrest ripped off and sucked into the void.
Alaska Air was ready to grow. Hawaiian hit hard times. An airline match is made.
Hawaiian had a precipitous drop in travel during the COVID-19 pandemic and still hasn’t recovered.