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Netlix (NEW YORK) — A former Boeing employee who raised numerous concerns about the company’s production standards died from a “self-inflicted” gunshot wound Saturday, per a coroner’s report. The former employee was actively engaged in a whistleblower complaint against the company prior to his death, the employee’s attorney confirmed. John Barnett, 62, was found by […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (PORTLAND, Ore.) — Boeing overwrote surveillance footage from the repair facility where a door plug was reinstalled ahead of the blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this year, according to a letter Wednesday from National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Jennifer Homendy to the Senate Commerce Committee. The NTSB has been requesting […]
Jason Redmond/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Boeing has not fully cooperated with the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into the Alaska Airlines door plug incident, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. “Boeing has not provided us with the documents and information that we have requested numerous times over the past few […]
Mordolff/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Boeing has announced it is replacing the head of its 737 Max program as part of a reshuffling of the company in the wake of the much-publicized incident of a door plug blowing out of an Alaska Airlines flight last month. Katie Ringgold will be replacing Ed Clark – an […]
EllenMoran/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As some of Alaska Airlines’ 737 MAX aircraft take flight again on Friday, online travel booking website Kayak has seen an uptick in users who are filtering out the airplane when searching for flights. Kayak first rolled out its aircraft filter in March 2019, but the company said it saw […]
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Shares of Boeing have plunged nearly 10% this week after a door plug blew out of the company’s 737 Max 9 aircraft during an Alaska Airlines flight. The incident, which took place on Friday night, prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to ground the aircraft. The stock price of Spirit […]
