Four days after a section of the fuselage suddenly detached as an Alaska Airlines plane was taking off, United Airlines reported Monday its inspectors discovered several “instances that appear to relate to installation issues in the door plug,” including bolts needing additional tightening. United Airlines said it has been inspecting its fleet of Boeing 737 […]
United Airlines has found loose bolts within the paneled-over exit doors of some of its Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes — the same aircraft model on which a “plugged” exit door panel blew off during an Alaska Airlines flight late Friday. Chicago-based United, which took its MAX 9 fleet of planes out of service pending […]
On Monday, United Airlines said loose bolts and other “installation issues” were discovered on the door plugs of some of its fleet of Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplanes. “Since we began preliminary inspections on Saturday, we have found instances that appear to relate to installation issues in the door plug – for example, bolts that […]
United Airlines on Monday said it found loose bolts and other “installation issues” on a part of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jets that were inspected after a mid-flight blowout on a similar Alaska Airlines jet on on Friday. The inspections are focused on plugs used to seal an area set aside for extra emergency […]
Inspections of grounded Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft are already underway at some airlines. But it seems the Alaska Airlines jet that lost a door plug Friday night was just the canary in the coal mine for issues with the plane’s finishes. United Airlines, the largest operator of the MAX 9 in the U.S., with […]
Alaska Airlines and United Airlines passengers faced major travel disruptions Monday after the Federal Aviation Administration forced the grounding of all Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplanes. The pause, which resulted in the cancellation of hundreds of flights, impacted about 171 planes globally, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Alaska and United are the only two […]
By Lisa Barrington, Joanna Plucinska and David Shepardson SEOUL/LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. officials have recovered a panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines airliner triggering a partial grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX 9 and sending shares in the planemaker tumbling on Monday. A door plug tore off on Friday following takeoff from Portland, Oregon, en route […]
Dow Jones futures fell Monday morning, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, with Boeing (BA) tumbling on the FAA grounding some 737 Max-9 jets X The stock market rally got off to a rough start in 2024, with the major indexes snapping nine-week losing streaks. But the S&P 500 and many leading stocks […]
LONDON (Reuters) -Boeing shares listed in Frankfurt fell almost 8% early on Monday after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ordered the temporary grounding of some Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets. A piece of fuselage tore off the left side of an Alaska Airlines jet on Friday as it climbed following takeoff from Portland, Oregon, forcing […]
By David Shepardson, Valerie Insinna and Tim Hepher WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said late on Sunday the “key missing component” from the Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet involved in an Alaska Airlines emergency landing had been recovered from the backyard of a suburban home. The plug door tore off […]
(KRON) — An Alaska Airlines plane headed for Ontario, Calif. was forced to make an emergency landing Friday night after a window in the aircraft blew out. The plane, a Boeing 737 MAX-9, departed from Portland, Ore. on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282. The flight was forced to come back to where it departed. 2 dead, […]
An Alaska Airlines flight headed to Ontario, California from Portland, Oregon had to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff Friday night. Part of Alaska Airline’s Boeing 737 Max 9 plane blew off while 16,000 feet in the air. The incident caused massive backups on Saturday. The Federal Aviation Administration took action and grounded several […]