Simply over 5 years in the past, 346 folks had been killed in two aircraft crashes that occurred 5 months aside in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Each had been Boeing 737 Max 8 planes.
Then in January 2024, a close to disaster occurred when a door plug blew off an Alaska Airways 737 Max 9 aircraft at 16,000 toes, shortly after it took off from Portland, Oregon. A preliminary report from U.S. accident investigators stated the door panel that flew off the Max 9 was lacking 4 key bolts.
The Division of Justice has opened a legal investigation into the Alaska Airways incident, and the Federal Aviation Administration stated it discovered high quality management issues in its audit of Boeing and fuselage maker Spirit AeroSystem‘s 737 Max manufacturing course of. The FAA has stated it will not let Boeing develop manufacturing till it’s glad with its high quality management.
Boeing introduced main administration adjustments within the wake of the door plug accident, which has additional slowed deliveries of latest jets and sparked criticism from the bosses of a few of Boeing’s prime airline prospects.
Dave Calhoun, who turned CEO in early 2020 to get the corporate out of the Max disaster after the 2 lethal crashes, late final month stated that he’ll step down on the finish of 2024. Boeing additionally changed its chairman and the pinnacle of its all-important industrial airplane unit.
CNBC explores how Boeing’s 737 Max disaster unfolded and what the longer term holds for Boeing’s best-selling jet.
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