Boeing can't find paperwork for door plug
03-10-2024, 12:29 AM
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Boeing can't find paperwork for door plug
"Amid a federal investigation into what caused a door plug to blow off a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet in January, a Boeing top official said the company cannot find documents about the door plug and it's likely that such records never existed.
Ziad Ojakli, the executive vice president of government operations at Boeing, said employees looked "extensively" and failed to turn up any paperwork about the "opening and closing of the door plug," he said in a letter to Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell on Friday.
According to Ojakli, Boeing's working hypothesis is that "the documents required by our processes were not created when the door plug was opened.""
SOURCE:
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/09/12372...-investigation
Ziad Ojakli, the executive vice president of government operations at Boeing, said employees looked "extensively" and failed to turn up any paperwork about the "opening and closing of the door plug," he said in a letter to Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell on Friday.
According to Ojakli, Boeing's working hypothesis is that "the documents required by our processes were not created when the door plug was opened.""
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https://www.npr.org/2024/03/09/12372...-investigation
03-10-2024, 04:48 AM
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https://www.wsj.com/business/airline...owout-d4cdfa6d
This WSJ article is behind a paywall, but the headline itself is troubling.
I wonder if this isn't just some arm-twisting because Boeing is not being totally cooperative.
This WSJ article is behind a paywall, but the headline itself is troubling.
I wonder if this isn't just some arm-twisting because Boeing is not being totally cooperative.
03-10-2024, 07:28 AM
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03-10-2024, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by captjns
Simple... the dog ate the paperwork.
03-10-2024, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Peabody17
Not quite so simple. The FAA has shutdown significant operations for this kind of failure, and Boeing is currently in their crosshairs. They better get their act together.
Boeing knows that, and may have taken full advantage of that knowledge.
03-10-2024, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by captjns
Simple... the dog ate the paperwork.
03-11-2024, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
03-11-2024, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Boeing, last I heard, is the largest US exporter by $ value. FAA is not going to just yank their cert like some fly-by-night 135 outfit.
Boeing knows that, and may have taken full advantage of that knowledge.
Boeing knows that, and may have taken full advantage of that knowledge.
FAA is a powerful agency OF the government...
Boeing IS the government.
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