The company’s issues date back years, employees said, and were compounded by the pandemic, when it lost thousands of experienced workers.
Category: Federal Aviation Administration
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United Airlines Faces Closer F.A.A. Scrutiny After Safety Incidents
The carrier, which has experienced several recent mishaps, told employees to expect a review by federal regulators in coming weeks.
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8 Incidents in 2 Weeks: What’s Going on With United’s Planes?
While no one was injured, most of the mishaps required emergency landings or diversions. One safety expert said the incidents were not the result of “systemic problems.”
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United Airlines Flight Missing an External Panel Lands Safely
No one realized that the panel from the plane, a Boeing 737-800, was missing until it had landed safely, the airline said.
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FAA Audit of Boeing’s 737 Max Production Found Dozens of Issues
The company failed 33 of 89 audits during an examination conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines jet in January.
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FAA Audit Finds Quality-Control Lapses at Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems
The regulator said the audit found instances in which Boeing and one of its key suppliers did not properly adhere to quality-control requirements.
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Boeing Faces Justice Dept. Review Over Max 9 Incident
The department is looking into whether the blowout of a door panel in January violated a 2021 settlement after two fatal plane crashes.
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FAA Gives Boeing 90 Days to Develop Plan to Address Quality-Control Issues
The announcement came after the agency’s administrator met on Tuesday with Boeing officials, including the company’s chief executive, to discuss safety.
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Boeing’s Safety Culture Faulted by F.A.A. in New Report
The report by a group of experts was commissioned at the behest of Congress and in response to fatal crashes involving 737 Max jets in 2018 and 2019.
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Boeing 737 Max Official Is Out After Midair Mishap
The head of the factory where Max jets are made is leaving the company as it faces scrutiny of an incident that left a hole in a plane’s fuselage.
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Alaska Airlines 737 May Have Left Boeing Factory Missing Bolts, N.T.S.B. Says
A photo indicates that bolts in a fuselage panel had been removed at a Boeing factory and not replaced, the National Transportation Safety Board said.
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FAA Chief Plans to Pledge ‘More Boots on the Ground’ at Plane Factories
Mike Whitaker, who leads the Federal Aviation Administration, is set to testify before House lawmakers as Boeing faces another crisis involving a 737 Max jet.