2024-08-06T05:47:43.559259-07:00

The NTSB is questioning Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems executives during a two-day hearing concerning a midflight blowout of a panel on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX, which caused significant safety concerns.

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Seattle Times • Paige Cornwell

NTSB lays out evidence on Boeing’s role in Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 flight blowout

Seattle Times reports: The two-day hearings will include witnesses from Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems and the Federal Aviation Administration.

2024-08-06T16:39:45.560027-07:00

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ABC News

2024-08-06T18:17:19.130348-07:00

Newly released documents detail chaotic moments after Alaska Airlines door plug blowout
scrippsnews.com

2024-08-06T17:21:32.360758-07:00

NTSB begins hearings in Alaska Airlines door plug blow out investigation
Seattle Times

2024-08-06T16:39:45.560027-07:00

NTSB lays out evidence on Boeing’s role in Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 flight blowout
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2024-08-06T08:02:17.739777-07:00

Witnesses tell a federal safety board about the blowout on a Boeing 737 Max earlier this year
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2024-08-06T05:47:43.559259-07:00

Witnesses will tell a federal safety board about the blowout on a Boeing 737 Max earlier this year

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