New Quality Problems Rock Boeing And Trigger FAA Probe

Alaska Airlines 737-9 emergency exit plug loss damage

The Alaska 737-9’s door-plug loss and rapid decompression caused significant interior damage.

Credit: NTSB
Mandatory inspections triggered by the nearly disastrous Jan. 5 inflight loss of a fuselage insert from an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 point to production problems traced to aerostructures supplier Spirit AeroSystems, creating both a plausible explanation of what happened to the Alaska aircraft and...

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