What happened? Boeing 737 Max 9 ofAlaska Airlines With one of the emergency doors coming off during the flight, it also opened the eyes of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which opened oneInvestigation to understand whether Boeing is directly responsible for failing to ensure that the door that exploded in flight last week was safe and manufactured according to the design approved by regulators.
The FAA memo
The news was published in the last few hours and focuses on the emergency exits, especially on the “extra”, that is, non-essential but nevertheless installed emergency exits on the aircraft of the 737 Max 9 line. Boeing has announced that it will cooperate with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation: The remains of the 63 pound (approximately 28 kg) door that exploded on an Alaska Airlines Max 9 were found near Portland, Oregon, and are being examined at the NTSB laboratory. “The Accident “It should never have happened and cannot happen again,” the FAA said in a statement. “Boeing’s manufacturing practices must meet the high safety standards they are legally required to uphold.”
An American FAA official wrote that after the crash there was new information about “further discrepancies on other Boeing 737-9 aircraft.” In fact, as we saw on Giornale.it, some loose screws were also found on an American Airlines plane. Disturbing shadows that we want and need to bring to light as quickly as possible to prevent future in-flight tragedies. The FAA asked Boeing to respond within 10 business days, telling the agency what the “root cause” of the door cap problem was and to intervene with the company.
Boeing's answer
“We will cooperate fully and transparently with the FAA and the NTSB in their investigations,” Arlington, Virginia-based Boeing said. Earlier this week, the American multinational's CEO, David Calhoun, called the incident “a loss of quality” and stressed to his employees that the company “recognizes our mistake… and that this incident will never happen again.” The emergency doors on these aircraft were installed by Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems. However, investigators have not said which company employees most recently worked on the faulty phase. In the meantime, the American authority has prevented the takeoff of all Max 9s, including 65 from Alaska Airlines and 79 from United Airlines, for safety reasons, but not until clarity is clarified about each of these planes.
How is Airbus doing?
After the events, both Alaska Airlines and United Airlines announced that they had found the bolts: despite a real hole on one side of the plane, the pilots managed to return to Portland and make an emergency landing. When Boeing inevitably loses 1.3% of its shares on Wall Street, airbus The company is healthier than ever, delivering 735 commercial aircraft to 87 customers around the world in 2023 alone. “2023 was a memorable year for Airbus’ commercial aircraft business, with exceptional sales and deliveries that were at the high end of our targets,” said Guillaume Faury, Airbus CEO.