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☆ Homebuilt plane sold last year for $100,000 crashes into ocean off California coast, likely killing 4 people
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A homebuilt aircraft crashed into the ocean just south of San Francisco on Sunday. AdvertisementA small homebuilt aircraft crashed off the coast of California on Sunday, The Associated Press reported. But the following morning, authorities said a fishing boat spotted a "deceased female" in the water, which they said was "likely associated with the plane crash given she was located in the same location." The Cozy Mark IV is 16.9 feet long with a wing span of 28.1 feet. It has a top speed of 200 mph and can travel around 1,000 miles, per Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co., which sells plans for the Mark IV.

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The plane was registered to an Oakland-based company called Winged Wallabies, Inc., according to Federal Aviation Administration records. He said it was “traumatic” to know the plane he had spent so much time on had crashed with people on board. Like commercial aircraft, all home-built planes are required by the FAA to be inspected annually for air worthiness. Cozy aircraft have the same safety record as commercially built planes of similar size, said aeronautical engineer Marc Zeitlin, who consults with the National Transportation Safety Board on crash investigations involving Cozy aircraft, including this one. “You buy foam, you buy fiberglass, you buy metal parts from all the manufacturers.

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☆ Boeing's CEO vowed to staff that 'we're going to get better' as he rallied employees at a key supplier in the 737 Max 9 saga
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Spirit is a Kansas-based company that builds the fuselages and other parts of Boeing planes, including the 737 Max 9. Spirit built the door plug which came off the 737 Max 9 on January 5, leaving a gaping hole in the fuselage. The National Transportation Safety Board is testing the recovered door plug to determine whether four missing bolts were ever installed. AdvertisementAlaska Airlines and United Airlines, the two biggest operators of the 737 Max 9, also found loose hardware on some of the grounded aircraft. 171 Boeing 737 Max 9 jets have been grounded by the FAA.

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☆ Premarket stocks: Airline stocks are getting pummeled. Here are four reasons why
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —It’s been a tough month for shares of airline companies. Here’s why investors are getting out of airline stocks. Boeing’s “can of worms”: Boeing’s problems began on Jan. 5, when the door plug on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 detached mid-flight. Oil prices are volatile: Investors are also concerned about a possible spike in oil prices. United Airlines Holdings shares have declined 8% so far in January and American Airlines Group shares have fallen 6%.

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☆ The CEO of Europe's busiest airline says he's had long-running issues with Boeing's quality control, including finding a stray wrench under a plane's floor
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said the airline has complained to Boeing about quality-control problems. But O'Leary also said he had the "utmost confidence'" in Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun. AdvertisementHe added that during the 48-hour checks carried out on the planes when delivered to Ryanair, a wrench was discovered under the floor of one aircraft. Despite these problems, O'Leary backed Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun, saying he has "utmost confidence" in him and the chief financial officer, per The Independent. AdvertisementThe BBC reported that Boeing asked Ryanair to send extra engineers to its factory to oversee quality checks.

Persons: Michael O'Leary, O'Leary, Dave Calhoun, —, hasn't, Max Organizations: Boeing, Service, Ryanair, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, National Transportation Safety, BBC

The panel that blew out of an Alaska Airlines jetliner this month was manufactured in Malaysia by Boeing’s leading supplier, the head of the agency investigating the incident said Wednesday. The officials indicated that their separate investigations of Boeing and the accident are in the early stages. Boeing said CEO David Calhoun visited the Wichita factory of Spirit AeroSystems, which makes a large part of the fuselage on Boeing Max jets and installs the part that came off an Alaska Airlines jetliner. An Alaska Airlines Max 9 was forced to make an emergency landing on Jan. 5 after a panel called a door plug blew out of the side of the plane shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon. The NTSB is investigating the accident, while the FAA investigates whether Boeing and its suppliers followed quality-control procedures.

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☆ Boeing’s stock tumbles after report warns investigation will open ‘a whole new can of worms’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The Wells Fargo report, entitled “FAA audit opens up a whole new can of worms,” noted that Boeing’s quality control and engineering problems have been ongoing for years. After part of an Alaska Airlines] 737 Max 9 jet fell off the plane mid-flight, the likelihood of the US Federal Aviation Administration coming out of its investigation without significant findings was very low. The FAA last week opened an investigation into Boeing’s quality control after the Alaska Airlines incident. He also said Boeing is now more closely monitoring the work of a key supplier that builds the 737 Max fuselage. Wells Fargo analysts noted in their report that the FAA investigation could take some time to complete, noting many of its probes remain “under investigation” months after the original incidents.

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☆ Four Dead in Arizona Hot Air Balloon Crash
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Daniel Trotta(Reuters) - Four people including the pilot died and another person was critically injured when their hot air balloon crashed into the Arizona desert on Sunday after eight skydivers had successfully jumped out of the basket, investigators said. "The balloon impacted desert terrain following an unspecified problem with its envelope," the NTSB said, referring to the outer bag of the balloon. "It is important to clarify that the skydiving was intentional and was successfully completed by all skydivers before any issues with the hot air balloon were evident," the Eloy Police Department said in a statement. Survivor Valerie Stutterheim, 23, of Scottsdale, Arizona, was in critical condition, police said. The company operating the flight, Droplyne Hot Air Balloon Rides, had a perfect safety record, according to its website.

Persons: Daniel Trotta, skydivers, Wiescholek, Kaitlynn Bartrom, Atahan Kiliccote, Cornelius Van Der Walt, Valerie Stutterheim, Droplyne, Eloy, Michael Perry Organizations: U.S . National Transportation Safety, NTSB, Eloy Police Department, Police, South, Company Locations: Arizona, Eloy, Phoenix, Washington, Union City , Michigan, Andrews , Indiana, Cupertino , California, South African, Scottsdale , Arizona, Moab , Utah, Carlsbad , California

NEW YORK (AP) — Boeing told employees Monday that it plans to increase quality inspections of its 737 Max 9 aircraft, following the failure of an emergency exit door panel on an Alaska Airlines flight last week. The inspections come after Federal regulators grounded the 737 Max, and that Boeing has said that after the Alaska Airlines flight and customer complaints, it is “clear that we are not where we need to be” on quality assurance and controls. The National Transportation Safety Board is focusing its investigation on plugs used to fill spots for extra doors when those exits are not required for safety reasons on Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners. Since then, various manufacturing flaws have at times held up deliveries of Max jets and a larger Boeing plane, the 787. Last month, the company asked airlines to inspect their Max jets for a loose bolt in the rudder-control system.

Persons: —, ”, Stan Deal, jetliners, Max Organizations: — Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Boeing, American, Airbus, Airplanes, Deal, Alaska Max, Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety, Max Locations: Alaska, Portland , Oregon, Portland, Indonesia, Ethiopia

☆ Cracked window on Boeing 737 forces All Nippon Airways flight to turn back
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Junko Ogura | Marc Stewart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

The crack was discovered about 40 minutes after take-off in the “second window from the right out of six windows in the cockpit,” ANA said. All 65 passengers and crew of the ANA flight 1182 arrived back safely, it added. The crack was discovered in the outermost of four layers of tempered glass on the cockpit window, the airline said. On January 5, a door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight blew open mid-flight, leaving a refrigerator-sized hole in the fuselage. The FAA said last week it was opening an investigation into Boeing’s quality control due to the failure of the door plug.

Persons: Boeing Max Organizations: Tokyo CNN, All Nippon Airways, ANA, Boeing, Japan’s Ministry of Land, Transport, Tourism, Alaska Airlines, Alaska Air, United Airlines, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, National Transportation Safety Locations: Infrastructure, Oregon, United States

☆ Boeing is letting airlines into its factories as preliminary inspections begin on the 737 Max 9
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Pete Muntean | Ross Levitt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Boeing says it will give airlines more oversight of its facilities following the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 incident in which a part of the plane fell off mid-flight. The plane maker said Monday that in addition to extra quality control inspections on the 737 production line, it will allow airlines into Boeing factories and those of contractor Spirit AeroSystems, which builds Max 9 fuselage. Alaska Airlines said it is in the middle a “thorough review of Boeing’s production quality and control systems.” The airline has 65 Boeing 737 Max 9s with another 25 on order, according to fleet data from airlines analytics firm Cirium. Boeing 737 Max 9s remain grounded in the United States as airlines Alaska and United await emergency inspection guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration. On Friday, the FAA announced it will audit Boeing’s production practices as it considers mandating an independent third-party oversee Boeing quality.

Persons: Spirit, Stan Deal, ”, “, Max Organizations: CNN, Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing Commercial, Alaska, Max, FAA, National Transportation Safety Locations: Alaska, United States, United, Washington, DC

☆ What happens when an airplane cabin suddenly depressurizes?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —A loud bang, a jolt, and cold air whooshing suddenly through the cabin: these were the immediate signs that something was very wrong aboard Alaska Airlines flight 1282, according to one passenger report. As investigators work to determine exactly what caused the incident, we look at what happens when an aircraft experiences a sudden loss of cabin pressure and the risks for those on board. “As the aircraft climbs, the cabin pressure will eventually settle to about 8,000 feet. The flight crew will immediately start working to get the aircraft down to about 10,000 feet, where the air will be breathable. There will also be a massive wind blast as all that pressure in the cabin goes out the hole.

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BOSTON (AP) — A small plane carrying three people crashed in a remote, wooded area of Massachusetts on Sunday morning, authorities said. Police reported multiple fatalities. The twin-engine Beechcraft Baron 55 crashed near Leyden, Massachusetts, with three people on board, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesPolice, fire and medical crews remained on the scene, DeAngelis said, while detectives and crime scene personnel were also at the crash site. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board said they were also investigating the crash.

Persons: James D, DeAngelis, ” DeAngelis Organizations: BOSTON, Police, Federal Aviation Administration, Massachusetts State Police Trooper, Leyden Wildlife Management, FAA, National Transportation Safety Locations: Massachusetts, Leyden , Massachusetts, Greenfield

☆ Hot air balloon crash in Arizona desert leaves 4 dead and 1 critically injured, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Melissa Alonso | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A hot air balloon crash-landed in the southern Arizona desert Sunday, leaving four people dead and another person critically injured, police announced. The “devastating incident” happened around 7:50 a.m. in Eloy, a city about 65 miles south of Phoenix, the local police department said in a news release. It came down in a desert area east of Sunshine Boulevard and Hanna Road. The aircraft was an A-160 passenger balloon manufactured by Cameron Balloons, according to the NTSB. The Eloy Police Department said it is working with the NTSB and the Federal Aviation Administration on the investigation.

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FORT LAUDERDALE Fla. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday it will investigate two crashes involving Florida's Brightline train that killed three people at the same railroad crossing on the high speed train's route between Miami and Orlando. Friday's crash killed driver Lisa Ann Batchelder, 52, and passenger Michael Anthony Degasperi, 54, both of Melbourne. On Wednesday, 62-year-old Charles Julian Phillips was killed when the vehicle he was driving was hit by the train. Melbourne Mayor Paul Alfrey told reporters at the scene that the SUV tried to outrun the train. “I start by saying if the arm is down don’t go around,” Alfrey told Orlando television station WKMG.

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☆ 4 things to know about Boeing and Alaska Air 1282
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Boeing and US air travel are still facing the fallout a week after the dramatic in-flight door plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 last Friday. That’s the mistake, it can never happen.”Here are the latest updates on Boeing and the effects of Alaska Air flight 1282. That’s thanks to a combination of winter weather and the continued grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes. A class action lawsuit was filed Thursday in Washington state against Boeing on behalf of the passengers aboard last week’s Alaska Airlines flight 1282. Some aviation experts raised questions about the structural design of the section of the Boeing 737 Max 9 that blew off the plane.

Persons: Boeing Max, Dave Calhoun, Calhoun, Max, ”, Mike Whitaker, ” Whitaker, David Soucie, Joe Sutton, Pete Muntean, Curt Devine, Ross Levitt Organizations: New, New York CNN, Boeing, Alaska Airlines Boeing, Max, United, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, National Transportation Safety, Wednesday, CNBC, Alaska Air, United States, Alaska Airlines, CNN Locations: New York, Oregon, United States, Alaska, United, O’Hare, Midway, Washington

☆ Boeing's quality control process and company culture are being heavily scrutinized after the 737 Max Flight 1282 blowout
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewAn Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 had 177 people on board on January 5 when part of the fuselage was blown off. After the Federal Aviation Administration grounded all 737 Max 9 planes with door plugs, United Airlines and Alaska Airlines discovered loose hardware on several. Why the 737 Max was grounded in 2019Competition between Airbus and Boeing played a role in the twin 737 Max crashes that killed almost 350 people in 2018 and 2019. The Alaska Airlines blowout will likely renew scrutiny of Boeing's deal with the department, which demanded new compliance procedures. A Boeing 737 Max 10 at the Paris Air Show.

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New York CNN —Winter weather, combined with the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft, is causing major disruptions for air travel. There have been more than more than 2000 flight cancellations Friday, the highest number since July 2023, data from the tracking site FlightAware show. Cancellations due to the grounding of the 737 Max 9 planes are also contributing to the totals. More than 200 United and Alaska Airlines flights have been cancelled each day this week due to the FAA-mandated grounding. 737 Max 9 delaysPassengers on Alaska Airlines and United Airlines have been marred by hundreds of flight cancellations this week.

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☆ A bride said she almost missed her big day after United canceled the flight to her wedding on a Boeing 737 Max 9
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Monica Humphries | Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Emma Degerstedt took to TikTok to share her wedding flight got axed last minute. She was slated to fly on a Boeing 737 Max 9, the plane model that lost its door mid-air last week. But a day before Degerstedt and her fiancé were scheduled to fly from Newark, New Jersey, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for their wedding, Degerstedt discovered their United flight was canceled. "We were emotionally prepared for this moment, but we just thought it might be a delayed flight due to weather," Degerstedt told BI. He booked the pair on the last two seats of an American Airlines flight heading to Florida at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

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☆ Cockpit Recording’s Erasure Hampers Boeing 737 Max 9 Investigation
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Mark Walker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Officials investigating why a panel on a Boeing 737 Max 9 blew open during an Alaska Airlines flight last week say they are struggling to piece together exactly what happened because the plane’s cockpit voice recorder overwrote itself before it could be retrieved. last month proposed 25-hour recorders on new planes but argued that adding them to the existing fleet of U.S. planes would be too expensive. In addition, a pilots’ union has opposed the move to 25-hour recordings unless Congress puts in place protections that would prohibit their release to the public. The chairwoman of the safety board, Jennifer Homendy, said the agency’s investigators had conducted 10 investigations since 2018 in which the cockpit voice recorder had been written over, with critical recordings lost forever. The voice recorders are among the key pieces of evidence that investigators use in reconstructing the events that led up to accidents as they work to establish a cause.

Persons: overwrote, Jennifer Homendy Organizations: Boeing, Max, Alaska Airlines, National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration Locations: U.S

☆ 5 things to know about Boeing’s latest 737 Max crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Here is the latest on what to know as Boeing faces yet another 737 Max crisis. “We’ll make sure that we take steps to ensure that it never, never can happen.”The 737 Max 9 remains groundedOn Saturday, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered most Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft to be temporarily grounded as regulators and Boeing investigate the cause of the incident. That has led to hundreds of cancelations, particularly from Alaska Airlines and United Airlines, which have dozens of the 737 Max 9 planes. United Airlines said it is canceling 167 Boeing 737 Max 9 flights today and expects significant cancellations on Thursday, too. Alaska Airlines also said Monday it found loose hardware on some of its 737 Max 9 planes during inspections.

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☆ A Look at the Panel That Ripped Open an Alaska Airlines Jet
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-09 | by ( Helmuth Rosales | Anjali Singhvi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Location of door plugA Look at the Panel That Ripped Open an Alaska Airlines JetA panel called a door plug may have blown off an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 jet shortly after takeoff on Friday because four critical bolts meant to keep it in place were missing or improperly installed, federal investigators said. View of Door Plug From Inside a Boeing 737 Two pairs of bolts keep the door plug from moving upward, unseating it from its position. Location of upper bolts Door plug Stop pad Stop fitting Window Door frame Note: Door plug shown partially open. Exit Exit Exit Exit Exit Exit Exit Exit Seating chart of Alaska Airlines plane Row 26: Location of door plug Exit Exit Exit Exit Exit Exit Exit Exit Seating chart of Alaska Airlines plane Row 26: Location of door plugThe blowout did not injure anyone, but it exposed passengers to powerful winds while 16,000 feet in the air and has raised questions about Boeing’s quality control. A big hole was left in the fuselage of Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 where the door plug used to be.

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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft is grounded at Los Angeles International Airport in California on Jan. 8, 2024. The FAA grounded dozens of the jets following that Alaska Airlines incident, and Boeing on Monday issued instructions for inspecting the jets, which were approved by the FAA. Upon receiving the revised version of instructions from Boeing the FAA will conduct a thorough review," the FAA said in a statement Tuesday. "Every Boeing 737-9 Max with a plug door will remain grounded until the FAA finds each can safely return to operation," the agency said. "The safety of the flying public, not speed, will determine the timeline for returning the Boeing 737-9 Max to service."

Persons: Max Organizations: Alaska Airlines Boeing, Max, Los Angeles International, Aircraft, Boeing, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, CNBC PRO Locations: California, Alaska, Washington, Oregon

☆ United, Alaska Air find loose hardware on some Boeing 737 Max 9s after grounding
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-08 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

United Airlines said Monday that it has found loose bolts on door plugs of several Boeing 737 Max 9 planes during inspections spurred when a panel of that type blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight using that type of aircraft last week. Alaska Airlines later Monday said its initial inspections of the jets had turned up "loose hardware" and that, "No aircraft will be returned to service" until formal reviews are complete. The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday grounded dozens of 737 Max 9s after the panel blew out midflight on Alaska Flight 1282. Plane manufacturer Boeing said earlier Monday it issued instructions to airlines to conduct the inspections of the Max 9s in their fleets. The 737 Max is Boeing's best-selling aircraft, with more than 4,000 orders to fill.

Persons: Max, Dave Calhoun, Calhoun Organizations: Airlines, Boeing, Max, Alaska Airlines, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Tech Ops, National Transportation Safety, CNBC PRO Locations: midflight, Alaska

☆ Boeing issues 737 Max 9 inspection instructions, a key step toward resuming flights
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-08 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Boeing has given airlines instructions on how to inspect their 737 Max 9 jetliners, a step toward ending the grounding of the planes, according to an internal message from company executives. The Federal Aviation Administration ordered airlines to stop flying dozens of the jets over the weekend, less than a day after a door plug blew open during an Alaska Airlines flight as it was at 16,000 feet. No one was seriously injured in the accident during Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which was bound for Ontario, California, when the door plug blew, forcing it to return to Portland, Oregon, minutes into the flight. "Our teams have been working diligently – with thorough FAA review – to provide comprehensive, technical instructions to operators for the required inspections. United Airlines has a fleet of 79 737 Max 9s and Alaska Airlines has 65.

Persons: jetliners, Stan Deal, Mike Delaney, Max Organizations: Alaska Airlines Flight, Boeing, National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Airlines, Max, United Airlines, CNBC PRO Locations: Alaska, Portland , Oregon, U.S, Ontario , California

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