NTSB Hearing Spotlights Boeing’s Production-Line Confusion, Culture Issues

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Boeing’s 737 production suffers as much from sheer confusion as a deficient safety culture, public testimony and documents from the first day of a two-day NTSB hearing on January’s Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 737-9 door plug blowout show, highlighting how management pressure and the lack of detailed...
Sean Broderick

Senior Air Transport & Safety Editor Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.

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