The families of crash victims wonder why it’s taken so long
The families of victims of the US 737 Max 8 crashes are hopeful that the US Justice Department will be “more strict” with how it looks at the new criminal investigation from the Alaska Airlines case, their lawyer said. The door plugs on Alaska Airlines flight 1282 blew out two days before the Justice Department and Boeing’s deal was set to expire.
The FAA plans to audit production of the Max 9
A US Senator has asked the Federal Aviation Agency to provide records from the agency’s oversight of Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems, a US-based company that makes fuselage and door plug of the 737 MAX aircraft involved in the Alaska Airlines incident. US Senator Maria Cantwell asked the FAA to provide records from the agency’s oversight of Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems.
A hole blew in one of the plane’s cabin during a flight
Alaska Airlines has said it has temporarily grounded its entire fleet of 65 Boeing 9-99 aircraft after a passenger plane had a window and a piece of fuselage break in mid-air. ” Following tonight’s incident on Flight 1282, we’ve decided to temporarily ground our entire fleet of 65 Boeing 9-99 aircraft,” the carrier said in a statement.