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(Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) audit of Boeing’s 737 MAX production process after a panel blew off on an Alaska Airlines jet in January failed 33 of 89 tests, the New York Times reported on Monday. In the wide-ranging investigation, Boeing failed a check which dealt with the component that blew off the jet, known as a door plug, the report said, citing an FAA presentation viewed by NYT. Supplier Spirit AeroSystems, which makes the fuselage for the MAX, passed six of 13… Source link

Boeing (BA) stock tumbled on Monday, falling more than 8% in morning trading after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered the temporary grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jets. The planes under question are fitted with a door plug that flew off an Alaskan Airlines plane midair on Friday. The order from the FAA will impact 171 planes. Friday’s incident isn’t the first time the 737 Max has been under scrutiny. Two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 that together killed all 346 passengers and… Source link

Financial expert Jeff Macke once said of the airlines, “The more agony you’re in, the more profit they make.” It’s no secret the airlines have been “optimizing profits” for some time now, with charging for everything from checking luggage to being able to have an assigned seat. In addition to additional charges, the airlines have been trying to squeeze more people into planes, and that has meant making seat width and “pitch” — the term used for distance between passengers and… Source link

The number of unruly passengers aboard U.S. passenger aircraft has never been higher. “Air rage is not a new thing,” Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Spokeswoman Taylor Garland said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “It’s the worst it’s ever been for sure.” According to the most recent FAA data, there have been 3,615 reports of unruly passengers and 610 investigations initiated so far in 2021. And a new survey of nearly 5,000 flight attendants from the Association of Flight… Source link