The hearing was part of the National Transportation Safety Board’s probe into why a door plug flew off a Boeing 737 MAX plane midair on Jan. 5. Alaska Airlines flight 1282 landed in Portland, Ore., roughly 30 minutes after takeoff without any major injuries to passengers and crew. The door-plug debacle spawned more stringent federal oversight of Boeing’s manufacturing operations and leadership changes at the plane maker. A Seattle-area employee on a crew that specializes in removing and reinstalling door plugs described Boeing’s safety culture as “garbage. Paul Wright, a Boeing safety executive, said the company’s analysis found that shifting of the canisters didn’t prevent passengers from getting oxygen.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 08, 2024 04:07 UTC