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B-737 Max 9 aircraft (2): politics demands explanations

Cantwell: Alaska Airlines crash 'calls into question Boeing's quality control'

The President of the Commerce Committee in the US Senate, Maria Cantwell, has asked the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for clear answers regarding the effectiveness of its supervision of the Boeing Group's products. The reason? The in-flight explosion of the panel on board the B-737 Max 9 of the Alaska Airlines airline "calls into question the manufacturer's quality control", and indirectly...

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Washington, United States, 01/12/2024 12:48
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Civil aviationBoeing contracts inspections on B-737 Max airplanes

Group will allow client companies to view aircraft factories

The American Boeing Group has sent a team of inspectors to the American company Spirit AeroSystems, which creates and installs plug doors on the fuselages of 737 Max planes, like the one that exploded... more

AirlinesB-737 Max accident (4): Alaska plane showed problems

Pressurization warnings were reported on three previous flights of the aircraft

In the days preceding the accident, some pressurization problems were reported on the B-737 Max 9 aircraft (register N704AL) of the US company Alaska Airlines (flight AS1282). The plane was then forced... more

Civil aviationFAA temporarily grounds 171 B-737 Max 9 aircraft

The family of the problematic Boeing model is back in the eye of the cyclone - 2 VIDEO

Following the recent news involving an Alaska Airlines B-737 Max 9, the American aviation authority FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has ordered the temporary grounding of some Boeing aircraft of... more

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