Alaska Airlines CEO: We found “many” loose bolts on our Max 9 planes following near-disaster — “My demand on Boeing is what are they going to do to improve their quality programs in-house.”
(www.nbcnews.com)
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 25 Jan 2024 10:00
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from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 25 Jan 2024 10:00
https://lemmy.world/post/11163564
Alaska Airlines CEO: We found “many” loose bolts on our Max 9 planes following near-disaster — “My demand on Boeing is what are they going to do to improve their quality programs in-house.”::The CEO of Alaska Airlines said new inspections of the carrier’s Boeing 737 Max 9 planes revealed that “many” of the aircraft were found to have loose bolts.
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The CEO of Alaska Airlines said new, in-house inspections of the carrier’s Boeing 737 Max 9 planes in the wake of a near-disaster earlier this month revealed that “many” of the aircraft were found to have loose bolts.
In an exclusive interview with NBC News senior correspondent Tom Costello, Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci discussed the findings of his company’s inspections so far since the Jan. 5 incident, in which a panel on one of its Max 9 jets blew out midair on a flight carrying 177 people.
Following the incident, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered all Boeing Max 9 planes grounded and launched a safety investigation.
As a result, Alaska Airlines, whose fleet had the highest percentage of Max 9 planes among any major carrier, has spent weeks canceling and rearranging its schedule, leaving thousands of passengers scrambling.
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said in a separate interview with CNBC on Wednesday that it is now contemplating a future for its fleet without the Boeing 737 Max 10, a newer version of the popular jet.
We are taking action on a comprehensive plan to bring these airplanes safely back to service and to improve our quality and delivery performance.
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Well nothing, few months pass by and they will be back grinding for as much money as possible
Yep. You cannot deny that Boeing is huge and basically a necessity on many levels. They will clean up their act, which is prudent, but this will all be behind us soon.
This is how I felt about Boeing the first couple times but at this point my trust is shattered. Can’t say I’ll ever fly on one again tbh.
How do you know the plane model when purchasing a flight?
It’s listed on the flight website. They need to know and show the model so you can pick seats.
Yep. I flew on a Max right before they were grounded the first time after all those people died, and had just begun to trust them again when this all happened. I changed my upcoming flight to Airbus even though it was more expensive because they were going to use a Max. As an extra, I ended up on the largest passenger jet in service, which is pretty cool.
Ironically as soon as i wrote this I heard the news that the MAX-9 will return to the sky from Friday
Your life is meaningless compared to a companies profits. Rather than scaping a plane that has already killed over 300 people, they want you to trust that these planes are now safe. No way in hell would any rational person step foot on a max 9. Any plane made by them should be worry some as well. Airbus proves more regulations is beneficial to industry
Boeing will splash around some more bribe money and do absolutely nothing.
Yeah, I hate to be morbidly pessimistic, but this is an American private company we’re talking about: I don’t think anything will be done until people die
Payouts for the deaths would just be a cost of doing business.
Yep and it would probably be handled as a class action suit, so each grieving family gets $7.25
It’s Alaska Airlines. Isn’t this plane likely 15+ years old? Is Boeing directly involved in maintenance for the lifetime of the plane? Or, is this on Alaska Airlines, and they are shamelessly scapegoating because it’s opportunistic to kick Boeing lately?
Yea this feels like Alaska trying to get ahead of bad press
The MAX series didn’t go on its first flight with a customer until 2017. These are practically brand new planes.
The one that ripped open while flying was only 3 months old.
The incident airplane was only 3 months out of the factory.
Oh, that’s pretty damning then. Just throwing half-assed planes out the door.
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Maybe build high speed rail instead of planes, and forget about Boeing? Yes, trains need quality control, too, but not to the same level as planes.
Fuck Boeing