TagBoeing 737 MAX(8)
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2026-04-27Government watchdog urges FAA to address Boeing Max engine issue
A Boeing 737 MAX 8 operated by Southwest Airlines flies over Ritzville, Washington, on July 16, 2021. (Travis Ness/The Seattle Times/TNS) By Lauren Rosenblatt Seattle Times The Federal Aviation Administration should do more to address safety risks from an engine feature on Boeing’s 737 Max that has twice filled planes with smoke, a government watchdog -
2024-09-01Boeing 737 MAX Door Plug Bolt Fitting Locations — Interior Inspection Documentation
Interior view of a commercial aircraft showing an exposed door plug or mid-exit door area with interior panels and insulation removed. Three blue circles highlight bolt fitting locations, consistent with documentation related to a door plug retention hardware inspection or investigation. -
2024-08-25
Inside Boeing’s factory lapses that led to the Alaska Air blowout
By Dominic Gates and Paige Cornwell Seattle Times staff reporters The near-catastrophic midair blowout of a door-sized fuselage panel on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 in January was caused by two distinct manufacturing errors by different crews on successive days last fall in Boeing’s assembly plant in Renton. The first manufacturing lapse occurred within -
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 -
Boeing and U.S. aerospace set back by Alaska Airlines fuselage blowout
Jan. 14, 2024 at 6:00 am Updated Jan. 14, 2024 at 6:00 am By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter When a door-sized section of a 737 MAX 9 fuselage exploded out into the void 16,000 feet over Portland, Boeing’s once-solid reputation, already staggered by the two MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019, took another -
Boeing is under fire after Alaska Airlines MAX 9 blowout. So is the FAA
By Lauren Rosenblatt Seattle Times staff reporter Nearly a week after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 aircraft midflight, lawmakers and federal regulators are starting to look to the Boeing plane’s troubled history to understand what happened — and what didn’t. On Thursday, fingers started pointing. The Federal Aviation Administration announced -
Summer travel recovery restores Alaska Airlines’ stability, growth plans
An Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 sits inside a hangar at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in August. Travel statistics on the Department of Transportation website show Alaska had the top on-time performance among all U.S…. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times) By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter Alaska Air Group posted record third-quarter revenue -
Boeing 737 MAX in Green Primer Livery Taxiing at Boeing Field
A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in green primer livery, bearing line number 7396, taxis at Boeing Field (King County International Airport) in front of the Boeing manufacturing facility. The aircraft appears to be destined for Jet Airways based on the partial tail livery visible, photographed during what appears to be a pre-delivery flight operation.