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☆ Another accident like Boeing’s door plug blowout could happen again, NTSB chair says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, says that the problem that resulted in a door plug blowing out of a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet minutes into a January 5 flight could happen again. “There is no way that this plane should have been delivered with four safety critical bolts missing,” she said. “There’s a problem in the process.”Despite her harsh assessment of this incident, Homendy said she wouldn’t hesitate flying on a 737 Max 9 herself. “I think there is a quality control problem,” she said. “That’s exactly what we’re digging in on right now… to see where there are deficiencies to make sure this doesn’t reoccur.”

Persons: Jennifer Homendy, ”, CNN’s Poppy Harlow, “, Homendy, Max, Michael Whitaker, it’s, ” Homendy Organizations: New, New York CNN, National Transportation Safety, Boeing, Max, CNN, Alaska Airlines, Federal Aviation, FAA Locations: New York, Alaska

☆ Premarket stocks: US companies are still worried about an economic shock
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. But America’s publicly traded companies are flashing a key sign of economic uncertainty — they’ve been hoarding cash. And companies with existing and expensive debt in a high-interest rate environment would likely want to use their cash to pay it down. “We interpret this correlation as evidence that cash reserves act like insurance against sudden economic shocks,” wrote the researchers. The missing bolts are apparently not the only problem.

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☆ Missing bolts were the culprit behind the Alaska Airlines blowout, preliminary investigation finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Lauren Steussy | Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The National Transportation Safety Board's published a preliminary report on Alaska Airlines' blowout Tuesday. The report said several bolts were missing from a door plug that separated mid-flight. Bolts on the door weren't installed to begin with, the report said. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementSeveral bolts were missing from a door plug that blew out mid-flight from an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 plane in January, a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

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☆ Alaska Airlines 737 May Have Left Boeing Factory Missing Bolts, N.T.S.B. Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Sydney Ember | Mark Walker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The panel, known as a door plug, was opened to repair damaged rivets on the plane’s body, known as the fuselage. The report did not say who removed the bolts keeping the door plug in place. But the safety board said it appeared that not all the bolts were put back once the door was reinstalled on the plane after the rivets had been repaired. provided a photograph of the door plug after it was reinstalled but before the plane’s interior was restored. In the image, three of the four bolts appear to be missing.

Organizations: Alaska Airlines, National Transportation Safety Board, Boeing Locations: Alaska, Boeing’s, Renton, Wash

WASHINGTON (AP) — The new chief of the Federal Aviation Administration says the agency will use more people to monitor aircraft manufacturing and hold Boeing accountable for any violations of safety regulations. FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker is expected to face a barrage of questions Tuesday about FAA oversight of the company since a door panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner over Oregon last month. Separately, investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are expected to release a preliminary report on the Jan. 5 incident as early as Tuesday. After the incident on the Alaska jet, the FAA grounded most Max 9s for three weeks until panels called door plugs could be inspected. FAA also said it won't let Boeing increase the production rate of new Max jets until it is satisfied with the company's safety procedures.

Persons: Mike Whitaker, Whitaker, Max, Whitaker's Organizations: WASHINGTON, Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing, Max, National Transportation Safety, Transportation, FAA, Alaska Airlines Max, Alaska, Sunday Locations: Oregon, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Arlington , Virginia

Bolts that helped secure a panel to the frame of a Boeing 737 Max 9 were missing before the panel blew off the Alaska Airlines plane last month, according to accident investigators. The report included a photo from Boeing, which worked on the panel, which is called a door plug. In the photo, three of the four bolts that prevent the panel from moving upward are missing. The investigators said that the lack of certain damage around the panel indicates that all four bolts were missing before the plane took off from Portland, Oregon. A text between Boeing employees who finished working on the plane after the rivets were replaced included the photo showing the plug with missing bolts, according to the report.

Persons: David Calhoun, ” Investigators, Max, Michael Whitaker, —, “ what’s Organizations: Boeing, Max, Alaska Airlines, National Transportation Safety, Pilots, NTSB, ”, Alaska, United Airlines, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Spirit Locations: Portland , Oregon, Boeing’s, Seattle, Alaska

☆ We’re about to get investigators’ first report on the Alaska Airlines flight whose door plug blew off
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Pete Muntean | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The National Transportation Safety Board will release its preliminary report Tuesday on last month’s blowout of a part of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 flight, NTSB spokesman Eric Weiss told CNN. On a January 5 Alaska flight 1282, the door plug blew off the side of the plane. The door plug fills a space in the fuselage that can otherwise contain an emergency exit door when plane seats are arranged a certain way. CNN has reported that NTSB investigators have been closely scrutinizing the door plug and whether crucial bolts that hold it in place were properly installed when the incident occurred. Meanwhile, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration will tell House lawmakers Tuesday that his agency is “closely scrutinizing” Boeing after last month’s door plug blowout.

Persons: Eric Weiss, Mike Whitaker, Whitaker, “, ” Whitaker, ” Organizations: CNN, Transportation, Alaska Airlines Boeing, Max, Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing, NTSB, FAA Locations: Alaska, United States, Renton , Washington

☆ Bolts appeared to be missing from Boeing 737 Max door plug that blew off midflight, NTSB says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The panel that blew out is used to plug an unused emergency exit. Bolts appeared to have been missing from a door plug that blew out midair on Boeing 737 Max 9 operated by Alaska Airlines last month, according to a new report from the National Transportation Safety Board. The accident prompted a grounding of the Max 9 by the Federal Aviation Administration for much of last month. "Over these last few weeks, I've had tough conversations with our customers, with our regulators, congressional leaders and more. The Jan. 5 accident occurred just as Boeing was trying to ramp up output.

Persons: John Lovell, Bolts, Dave Calhoun, Calhoun, I've Organizations: National Transportation Safety Board, Alaska Airlines, NTSB, Boeing, Max, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA Locations: Alaska, Portland , Oregon, U.S

A dead goose was found in part of the flight control system of a medical helicopter that crashed in western Oklahoma, killing all three people on board, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board. The report does not cite a suspected cause of the crash, but noted one goose was found in the helicopter's flight control system and others were found in the debris field. A report on the probable cause could take up to two years to complete, according to the NTSB. The helicopter crashed Jan. 20 in a pasture near Hydro, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) west of Oklahoma City, as it was returning to Weatherford after taking a patient to an Oklahoma City hospital. The pilot and both Air Evac Lifeteam crew members, a flight nurse and a paramedic, were killed.

Persons: Evac Lifeteam Organizations: National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, Weatherford, Oklahoma City Locations: Oklahoma, Hydro, Oklahoma City

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — The names of two women who were killed when a small airplane crashed into a Florida mobile home park, and the identity of the pilot who died in the fiery accident, were released Saturday by officials in the city of Clearwater. Martha Parry, 86, was a resident of a double-wide mobile home that was destroyed in Thursday night's crash. A visitor to the home, 54-year-old Mary Ellen Pender of Treasure Island, also was killed, as was the plane's pilot, Jemin Patel, 54, of Melbourne Beach. Patel had reported engine failure on the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza V35 shortly before crashing into the Bayside Waters mobile home park around 7 p.m. Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The aircraft had taken off earlier in the day from Vero Beach.

Persons: Martha Parry, Mary Ellen Pender, Jemin Patel, Patel Organizations: Bayside Waters, Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Locations: CLEARWATER, Fla, Florida, Clearwater, Treasure, Melbourne Beach, Vero Beach

☆ Tesla recalling another 2.2 million vehicles for warning lights that are too small
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Tesla is recalling 2.2 million of its vehicles on US roads because the font size of the warning lights on its display is too small, according to federal safety regulators. The recall was announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which said it discovered the problem during a routine audit of Tesla vehicles. “Warning lights with a smaller font size can make critical safety information on the instrument panel difficult to read, increasing the risk of a crash,” according to the agency’s notice. Tesla said it is not aware of any crashes or injuries caused by the problem. The problem will be fixed with an over-the-air software update that will not require Tesla owners to bring their vehicles into a Tesla service center.

Persons: New York CNN — Tesla, Tesla Organizations: New, New York CNN, National, Traffic Safety Administration, National Transportation Safety Board Locations: New York

☆ Several Die as Small Plane Crashes Into Mobile Home Park in Florida
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Videos posted online showed an orange blaze and a wall of thick smoke billowing over homes. Frances Yont, who lives across the street from the crash, told 10 Tampa Bay, a CBS affiliate, that she could feel the heat from the fire when she ran out of her home in Clearwater, roughly 20 miles west of Tampa. “We couldn’t do anything,” she said, adding that “it was horrible.”Fire officials were coordinating with the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration for an investigation, Chief Ehlers said. The Fire Department received the initial call at 7:08 p.m., and crews “quickly extinguished” the blaze after arriving at the park at about 7:15 p.m., Chief Ehlers said. About the same time that his department was called, the chief said, the St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport, roughly three miles away, had dispatched its own fire response vehicles to an “aircraft having an emergency.”

Persons: Frances Yont, ”, Ehlers Organizations: CBS, National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration, Fire Department, Pete, Clearwater International Airport Locations: Tampa, Clearwater

☆ Boeing suspended its financial guidance and said it is focused solely on 'comprehensive actions' to improve the quality of its planes
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Boeing is under heavy scrutiny following the Alaska Airlines door plug blowout earlier in January. AdvertisementBoeing suspended its financial forecast for 2024 as it reported its fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday, amid scrutiny following the Alaska Airlines blowout. AdvertisementIn the earnings report, Boeing said it "continues to cooperate transparently with the FAA following the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 accident." Last week, Alaska Airlines said it expects a $150 million hit due to the grounding. The FAA announced last Wednesday that it won't let Boeing expand production of the 737 Max.

Persons: Dave Calhoun, —, Calhoun, Max, Nobody Organizations: Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Service, FAA, Portland International, Transportation Safety, Street Journal, Federal Aviation Administration, Airbus Locations: Alaska

☆ Boeing CEO: ‘We caused the problem’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said that Boeing is responsible for the incident of door plug blowing out of a 737 Max 9 in flight earlier this month, saying that Boeing must do a better job than it did in this instance. “We caused the problem, and we understand that,” he told investors during a call after reporting the latest quarterly loss at the company. It led to a three-week grounding of the Boeing 737 Max 9 model as inspections discovered problems with the installation of other door plugs. But he said that “I am convinced we have this [door] plug completely under control.”He also defended the company’s decision not to give updated financial guidance. Asked if Boeing has lost the confidence of its airline customers, he said that so far the customers are telling the company they are sticking with Boeing.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit the eastern Ohio community that was devastated by a fiery train derailment in February 2023 that displaced thousands of residents and left many fearing potential health effects from the toxic chemicals that spilled when a Norfolk Southern train went off the tracks. A White House official said Wednesday that Biden will visit East Palestine in February, a year after the derailment. The absence of a visit by Biden had become a subject of persistent questioning at the White House, as well as among residents in East Palestine. The Biden administration defended its response right after the toxic freight train derailment, even as local leaders and members of Congress demanded that more be done. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesAsked last week about a potential Biden visit to Ohio, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said she had nothing to announce.

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☆ We now have more details on what happened with the Alaska Airlines door plug — and how Boeing plans to address quality issues
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Bloomberg has reported new details about what may have caused the Alaska Airlines door plug blowout. AdvertisementNew details have emerged regarding how the door plug on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 blew off the jet mid-flight earlier this month. The investigation is focused on four bolts that hold the door plug in place. Boeing CEO says door plug installation will have inspections "at every turn"According to Boeing, 129 have been ungrounded as of midday on Wednesday. The agency has halted Boeing's 737 Max production expansion while it addresses quality control lapses.

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☆ Boeing Faces Tricky Balance Between Safety and Financial Performance
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Sydney Ember | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Less than four weeks after a hole blew open on a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet during a flight, company executives face a thorny question: Should they emphasize safety or financial performance? The issue is looming as Boeing prepares to report its fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday amid its most significant safety crisis in years. The National Transportation Safety Board is expected to release a preliminary report this week on the incident, which occurred on an Alaska Airlines flight. The report could shed more light on how a panel blew off the Max 9 and will almost certainly ramp up scrutiny of Boeing by lawmakers, airlines and safety groups. But it is not clear what balance he and other executives will strike in their comments as they try to contain the fallout from the Max 9 incident.

Persons: Dave Calhoun, Max Organizations: Boeing, Max, National Transportation Safety, Alaska Airlines

☆ Boeing's 737 Max 9 jet is flying again. Here's what experts say about its safety.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewOn January 5, an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 door plug broke off shortly after takeoff from Portland International Airport, leaving a gaping hole in the jet's fuselage. The Federal Aviation Administration quickly grounded 171 other Max 9 planes with the same door plug, mostly flown by United Airlines and Alaska. Four critical bolts used to secure the door plug were missing from the jet when it left Boeing's assembly line, The Wall Street Journal reported, representing a massive quality control lapse. Not all experts agree on the Max 9's safetyThe Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9. AdvertisementAccording to the Washington Post, the travel booking website Kayak said its filter for the 737 Max significantly increased in the days after the incident.

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☆ Boeing was once known for safety and engineering. But critics say an emphasis on profits changed that
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

Boeing is back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons again after the Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 incident. Boeing workers participating in a "Quality Stand Down" at Boeing's 737 Max factory in Renton, Washington on January 25, 2024. One of the first Boeing 737 Max jets on the production line at the company's manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. The airlines around the world that have already bought Boeing planes basically need to keep using those models, whatever the problems. Commercial pilots are certified on specific models and are not able to easily move from single-aisle to widebody versions of Boeing jets, let alone between a Boeing and an Airbus jet.

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The pilots of the London-bound American Airlines Boeing 777 took a wrong turn on a taxiway alongside two perpendicular runways. Instead, they crossed 4L just as a Delta Boeing 737 began its takeoff roll down the same runway. A controller warned the American crew about a “possible pilot deviation," and gave them a phone number to call, which the captain did. The cockpit voice recording from inside the American plane was taped over during the six-hour flight to London and lost forever. Investigators said they tried several times to interview the American pilots, but the pilots refused on advice of their union, which objected to the NTSB recording the interviews.

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☆ Why airlines plug up emergency exits
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Amy Fraher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

However, as a former United Airlines pilot now lecturing in Yale University’s School of Management, I believe the wrong questions are being asked about what happened on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282. The question we need to ask is: Why wouldn’t an airline use all of an aircraft’s emergency exits? Others, such as emergency exits, are more opaque to travelers. NTSB/Handout/ReutersWhy you get more emergency exits in IndonesiaIn the US, airlines must comply with federal aviation regulations, which dictate aircraft maintenance procedures and in-flight personnel assignments – and minimum standards for emergency exits. That’s precisely what happened with Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 – and how “door plug” suddenly entered the American vernacular.

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☆ Before part of an Alaska Airlines plane blew off, Boeing had removed and adjusted it, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems are under multiple investigations that probe their safety policies and procedures. Boeing said it couldn’t comment on the reports about what may have led to the door plug blowing off the plane, citing the ongoing investigation. The process also includes tightening fasteners and performing “detailed inspections of…dozens of associated components.”FAA on Sunday also required airlines to ensure older Boeing 737 planes with similar door plugs were secure. The FAA said airlines operating the Boeing 737-900ER model should visually inspect the planes but didn’t require them to be grounded. Two Max variants — the Max 7 and the Max 10 — are still awaiting approval to begin carrying passengers.

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☆ FAA paves way for Boeing 737 Max 9 to resume flying, but it won't be 'back to business as usual' for the embattled aviation manufacturer
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The FAA subsequently grounded all models of the Boeing 737 Max 9 after the incident, leading to flight cancellations and frustration among airline executives. "Let me be clear: This won't be back to business as usual for Boeing," FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said in a Wednesday statement. The agency has halted all further expansion production on Boeing 737 Max 9s until it is "satisfied" that the aircraft's quality control issues are resolved. In-house safety inspections of Alaska Airlines's fleet of Boeing 737 Max 9s following the initial incident revealed that there were "many" loose bolts found on the jets. The FAA's new safety guidelines for the 737 Max 9s come after a review of data stemming from 40 inspections of the grounded planes, the agency said.

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☆ United and Alaska Airlines will start flying the stricken Boeing 737 Max 9 again within days
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewThe Boeing 737 Max 9 will return to the skies on Friday, three weeks after the Alaska Airlines blowout, the carrier announced Wednesday. According to Reuters, United Airlines — the biggest operator of the Max 9 with 79 of them — said it will start flying the jet again from Sunday. "It makes me angry," Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci told NBC. Not all the Max 9 jets will immediately return to service because some haven't been through the full inspection process yet. Alaska Airlines expects all its inspections to be completed over the next week.

Persons: —, Max, Ben Minicucci, Scott Kirby, Mike Whitaker Organizations: Service, Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Business, Reuters, United Airlines —, Federal Aviation Administration, Portland International, National Transportation Safety, NBC, CNBC, FAA Locations: Alaska

☆ Boeing Reinstalled Panel That Later Blew Out of 737 Max Jet
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Sydney Ember | Mark Walker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nearly three weeks after a hole blew open on a Boeing 737 Max 9 during an Alaska Airlines flight, terrifying passengers, new details about the jet’s production are intensifying scrutiny of Boeing’s quality-control practices. About a month before the Max 9 was delivered to Alaska Airlines in October, workers at Boeing’s factory in Renton, Wash., opened and later reinstalled the panel that would blow off the plane’s body, according to a person familiar with the matter. The employees opened the panel, known as a door plug, because work needed to be done to its rivets — which are often used to join and secure parts on planes — said the person, who asked for anonymity because the person isn’t authorized to speak publicly while the National Transportation Safety Board conducts an investigation. The request to open the plug came from employees of Spirit AeroSystems, a supplier that makes the body for the 737 Max in Wichita, Kan. After Boeing employees complied, Spirit employees who are based at Boeing’s Renton factory repaired the rivets. Boeing employees then reinstalled the door.

Persons: Max, — Organizations: Boeing, Max, Alaska Airlines, National Transportation, Spirit Locations: Boeing’s, Renton, Wash, Wichita, Kan

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