Boeing and the American civil aviation regulator implicated by investigators in the Alaska Airlines company incident in 2024

Failures of the American manufacturer Boeing are the “Probable cause” From the flight incident to an Alaska Airlines company plane in January 2024, the American Safety in Transport (NTSB) concluded on Tuesday June 24. She “determines that the likely cause of this accident was the separation of theft of the (Bouchon holder) left because of Boeing’s failure to provide adequate training and advice “writes the NTSB. It also reportsAnd “Supervision lack” of the aircraft manufacturer by the American civil aviation regulator (FAA).

“The ineffectiveness of the FAA to monitor compliance with compliance controls and its activities in terms of audits (…) contributed to the accident”explains the survey organization. According to the NTSB, this failing supervision has not “Correctly identified, or made sure, that Boeing was concerned with solving recurring and systemic problems of non-compliance” Regarding the withdrawal of parts. To remedy the various problems identified by investigators, the NTSB has issued a number of recommendations for Boeing, the FAA as well as several air organizations.

On January 5, 2024, during the ascent phase of a Boeing 737 Max 9 operating a flight from Alaska Airlines between Portland (Oregon) and Ontario (California), a cork carrier (searcher condemning a redundant emergency exit) detached, leaving a gaping hole in the fuselage and making some light injuries. In a preliminary report published a month later, the NTSB revealed that four bolts planned to fix this piece in the fuselage lacked. The survey established, and Boeing confirmed it, that they had been withdrawn during the final assembly of the fuselage to its factory by non -authorized staff, an operation which had not been documented and which therefore escaped the controls.

“We, at Boeing, regret this accident and we continue to work on strengthening safety and quality through our operationsreacted the American aircraft manufacturer after the session. We will review the final report and the recommendations while continuing to implement improvements. “ For its part, the FAA affirmed “Take seriously taking the NTSB recommendations and will carefully examine those issued today”.