Minicucci: "Many" loose bolts found in MAX 9 inspections... "I'm angry"
Jan 24, 2024, 7:47 am
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https://www.levernews.com/airlines-f...s-737-max/amp/
This one is not much better…
“Over the last three years, operators of Boeing’s troubled 737 Max planes have filed more than 1,800 service difficulty reports — more than one per day — warning government regulators about safety problems with the aircraft since the fleet was allowed to resume flying after two fatal crashes. All but roughly 150 of the reports came from Alaska Airlines — the operator of a 737 Max plane that suffered a mid-air cabin breach over Portland, Oregon earlier this month.
Between December 2020 and September 2023, Alaska Airlines filed more than 1,230 reportsrelated to the 53 Boeing 737 Max planes it had in its fleet. For comparison, during the same period the airline filed 25 reports for its 10 Airbus A321 Neo airplanes, the main competitor to Boeing’s 737 Max.”
This one is not much better…
“Over the last three years, operators of Boeing’s troubled 737 Max planes have filed more than 1,800 service difficulty reports — more than one per day — warning government regulators about safety problems with the aircraft since the fleet was allowed to resume flying after two fatal crashes. All but roughly 150 of the reports came from Alaska Airlines — the operator of a 737 Max plane that suffered a mid-air cabin breach over Portland, Oregon earlier this month.
Between December 2020 and September 2023, Alaska Airlines filed more than 1,230 reportsrelated to the 53 Boeing 737 Max planes it had in its fleet. For comparison, during the same period the airline filed 25 reports for its 10 Airbus A321 Neo airplanes, the main competitor to Boeing’s 737 Max.”
Jan 24, 2024, 8:34 am
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Boeing’s 737 production system is described as “a rambling, shambling, disaster waiting to happen."
Seattle Times
"The fuselage panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines jet earlier this month was removed for repair then reinstalled improperly by Boeing mechanics on the Renton final assembly line, a person familiar with the details of the work told The Seattle Times.
If verified by the National Transportation Safety Board investigation, this would leave Boeing primarily at fault for the accident, rather than its supplier Spirit AeroSystems, which originally installed the panel into the 737 MAX 9 fuselage in Wichita, KS."
If verified by the National Transportation Safety Board investigation, this would leave Boeing primarily at fault for the accident, rather than its supplier Spirit AeroSystems, which originally installed the panel into the 737 MAX 9 fuselage in Wichita, KS."
Jan 24, 2024, 8:46 am
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Boeing’s 737 production system is described as “a rambling, shambling, disaster waiting to happen."
Seattle Times
Seattle Times
https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...ska-max-9-jet/
Jan 24, 2024, 8:47 am
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It's especially odd how posters who admittedly don't even fly AS spend so much time here.
Jan 24, 2024, 10:56 am
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Damning. Seattle Times headline this morning: "Boeing, not Spirit, mis-installed piece that blew off Alaska MAX 9 jet, industry source says". https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...ska-max-9-jet/
Jan 24, 2024, 11:11 am
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Clearly AS's CEO has bungled this whole episode massively both in terms of handling flight cancelations and sticking with "proudly all Boeing" despite mounting evidence that Boeing was at fault, so can't fathom why anyone would give him a pass here.
It's especially odd how posters who admittedly don't even fly AS spend so much time here.
It's especially odd how posters who admittedly don't even fly AS spend so much time here.
Jan 24, 2024, 11:21 am
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Perhaps they should borrow some branding from General Mills for "Oops! All Boeing!"
Jan 24, 2024, 11:34 am
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I think that link is broken, but probably meant to point to the same article as the post by flytoeat above yours.
https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...ska-max-9-jet/
https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...ska-max-9-jet/
Jan 24, 2024, 1:16 pm
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