A federal Aviation Administration authorities stated Wednesday that the company has 16 pending enforcement cases versus Boeing, half of which haveactually been opened because a door plug blew off a 737 Max in midflight.
The boost in cases was divulged Wednesday throughout a National Transportation Safety Board hearing into the mishap, which tookplace throughout an Alaska Airlines flight on Jan. 5.
Brian Knaup, who assists handle the FAA’s oversight of Boeing, stated one of the open cases includes the elimination of parts that have currently been setup on aircrafts in production.
That is obviously what triggered the error that led to the Alaska Airlines mishap: Bolts that were gotridof to open the door plug for upkeep employees were not changed when the panel was closed and the airplane left a Boeing factory near Seattle.
Knaup’s remark came near the end of a two-day hearing that consistedof conversation of Boeing’s bad tracking of parts-removal tasks. The business stoppedworking to file who opened the door plug, and the missingouton bolts were neverever discovered.
Another FAA authorities supervising Boeing, Bryan Kilgroe, stated he is kept awake at night questioning “especially thinkingabout all that has occurred because Jan. 5, is why is it so tough to sustain a restorative action for the long term?”
Boeing stated it had no remark.
The security board launched launched testament by Boeing workers who stated they were pressured to develop aircrafts too rapidly and not raise security issues.
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy pointedout 2 staffmembers who worked on airplane doors where the Alaska Airlines aircraft was puttogether and declared they were moved to other locations — “Boeing jail” and “a cage” — after the door-plug blowout.
“What sort of impression does that provide your workers if you sidel