The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it is launching a formal investigation into the Boeing 737 MAX 9 after a cabin panel exploded on an Alaska Airlines flight while it was in the air last week, forcing a landing. of emergency.
The FAA has grounded 171 Boeing planes installed with the same panel after landing, most of which are operated by Alaska Airlines and United Airlines, pending safety inspections.
The FAA said the Alaska Airlines MAX 9 incident “should never have happened and cannot happen again.” It informed Boeing of the investigation in a letter Wednesday “to determine whether Boeing failed to ensure that the finished products met their approved design and were in safe operating condition in accordance with FAA regulations” and after learning of ” additional discrepancies.”
“We will fully and transparently cooperate with the FAA and NTSB in their investigations,” Boeing said in a statement about the investigation.
Its shares fell 1.6% on Thursday.
A cabin panel exploded on an Alaska Airlines flight while it was in the air last week, forcing an emergency landing. ZUMAPRESS.com
Both Alaska and United said Monday they had found loose parts on several grounded planes during preliminary checks, raising new concerns about how Boeing’s best-selling family of planes is made.
Carriers still need revised inspection and maintenance instructions from Boeing that must be approved by the FAA before they can begin flying the planes again.
Boeing told staff on Tuesday that the findings were being treated as a “quality control issue” and that checks were being conducted at Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems, Reuters previously reported.
Alaska Airlines and United said they had found loose parts on several grounded planes during preliminary checks, raising new concerns about how Boeing’s best-selling family of planes is made. ZUMAPRESS.com
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun told CNBC on Wednesday that it was a “quality exhaust” in the MAX 9 cabin explosion. The Alaska Airlines flight had taken off from Portland, Oregon, and was flying at 16,000 feet when the panel tore up the plane, which had been in service for only eight weeks. The pilots returned the entire plane to Portland, and the people on board suffered only minor injuries.
Boeing’s manufacturing practices “must meet the high safety standards to which it is legally required to meet,” the FAA added.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg declined to say Wednesday when the FAA might allow planes to resume flying, but said it would only be when it was safe.
“The only consideration in the schedule is safety,” Buttigieg told reporters. “Until it’s ready, it’s not ready. “No one can or should rush this process.”
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