MEXICO CITY (AP) — At first it sounds like a typical case of bad behavior aboard airplanes. The Mexico City International Airport acknowledged in a statement Friday that a man had opened an emergency exit and walked out on a wing of a plane that was parked and waiting for takeoff Thursday. The airport said
Boeing, not Spirit, mis-installed piece that blew off Alaska MAX 9 jet, industry source says
By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter The fuselage panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines jet earlier this month was removed for repair then reinstalled improperly by Boeing mechanics on the Renton final assembly line, a person familiar with the details of the work told The Seattle Times. If verified by the National Transportation
Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 Lost Nose Wheel Before Takeoff, F.A.A. Says
A Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 aircraft similar to the one that lost a nose wheel as it prepared to take off from the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Saturday.Credit…Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto, via Getty Images By Orlando Mayorquin A Boeing 757 plane operated by Delta Air Lines lost a nose wheel as it prepared to take
Boeing’s manufacturing, ethical lapses go back decades
By Andy Pasztor Special to The Seattle Times Probes of the recent Boeing 737 MAX cabin blowout must expand far beyond safety practices and manufacturing controls. Investigators should scrutinize persistent company failures over the past four decades to become more transparent and law-abiding. Before this month’s cabin blowout on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 jet
Boeing hit by quality lapses, certification delays; Airbus soars to dominance
By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter While Boeing’s leadership scrambled to contain its latest crisis — following the in-flight door plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 — top executives at Airbus confidently laid out the rival’s success in 2023 and its dominance of the commercial airliner business. The data on last year’s jet
Congress must force Boeing to be better
By The Seattle Times editorial board Boeing is in the region’s collective DNA. Even though the company decamped for Chicago in 2001 and is now headquartered in a corporate suburb of Washington, D.C., Boeing still has a special place in our consciousness that goes beyond its statewide workforce of about 60,000. Call it pride. Pride
Why is Boeing such a shitty corporation?
Robert Reich Friends, My friend Harold Meyerson just wrote this for The American Prospect, and it’s so good and timely that I wanted to share it with you. In the wake of the midair blowout of a door on a Boeing 737 MAX 9 earlier this month, the lead that Airbus has taken over Boeing
What Happened to Seattle’s Relationship with Boeing?
The aftermath of the Alaska blowout reveals that the connection is slowly unraveling. By Benjamin Cassidy January 17, 2024 IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH of the fuselage blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this month, Margaret O’Mara noticed something that would’ve once been unthinkable in Seattle. The University of Washington history professor observed that locals were correctly tying
Elected officials, residents propose action to cut noise and air pollution near Sea-Tac Airport
News Provided By Washington State House Democrats January 17, 2024, 22:27 GMT OLYMPIA — Legislators, local elected officials, and community members gathered at a press conference Monday to demand economic and social justice for people living near Sea-Tac Airport. Speakers supported legislation (SB 5955/HB 2103) to direct a small portion of Port of Seattle revenue as
Yakima could be part of the solution to airport problem
By Robert Hodgman Special to The Seattle Times If you’ve traveled through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the last few months, you may have noticed it’s a bit more crowded than it has been in the recent past. Post-pandemic air travel has already surpassed pre-pandemic levels and all indicators are air travel will continue to grow.