New York: US investigators will on Tuesday open a two-day hearing into a near-catastrophic January incident on a Boeing 737 MAX operated by Alaska Airlines that required an emergency landing. Video of…
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Alaska Air says Boeing paid it $160 million in compensation for MAX 9 grounding
Alaska shares rose 4.4 per cent on the news. Boeing shares were up almost 1 per cent. An Alaska Airlines-operated MAX 9 jet experienced a mid-air cabin panel blowout in January, which…
Boeing 737 Max missing key bolts from door plug in Alaska Airlines blowout: NTSB report
Photo evidence released Tuesday shows bolts were missing from the door plug, which had been removed to fix rivets that were damaged in the production process, according to the independent U.S. National…
Alaska Airlines finds many loose bolts on its Boeing 737 MAX 9s as United questions orders
The company’s chief executive Ben Minicucci told NBC News Tuesday that an in-house inspection of its Boeing 737 Max 9 fleet carried out after the incident had found that “many” of these…
Billionaire Ambani owns jet type that was in Alaska air accident
While there were no fatalities on the Alaska Airlines flight, the incident has raised serious questions over the safety of the particular model and Boeing’s record in general as several carriers grounded…
Investigators find blown out door plug from Alaska Airlines plane
Washington: US aviation authorities said Sunday the door plug of an airplane panel that blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight has been found, a part that could potentially help with the…
Alaska Air blowout on 737 Max seen as likely caused by manufacturing issue
The fuselage section that ripped away from a Boeing Co. 737 Max jet midflight on Friday reflects a design feature in use for many years, suggesting investigators are likely to zero in…
Alaska Air plane blowout: US Federal officials order grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners
The required inspections take around four to eight hours per aircraft and affect about 171 airplanes worldwide. As of Saturday morning, inspections on more than a quarter of the fleet were complete…
Alaska Air grounds Boeing 737 Max-9 fleet after fuselage blowout
Alaska Airlines will ground its entire fleet of Boeing Co. 737 Max-9 aircraft after a fuselage section in the rear part of the brand-new jet blew out shortly after takeoff. The airline…