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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

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According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the panel was removed but appeared to have been reinstalled without bolts that secured it in place. That pace collapsed to virtually zero soon after the second crash, in Ethiopia, when regulators around the world grounded the plane. where the 737 Max is assembled.

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Boeing Max 9 Jets Remain Grounded as Airlines Await Inspection Instructions

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The National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading an investigation into the episode, has not identified a cause and is searching for the missing piece of the plane. oversight, Boeing’s manufacturing process and installation or maintenance work done on the plane.

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Boeing Again Under Scrutiny After Latest 737 Max Problem

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The issue is what’s going on at Boeing,” said John Goglia, a longtime aviation safety consultant and a retired member of the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates airplane crashes. The Max was grounded in early 2019 after two crashes killed a total of 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia.

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F.A.A. Investigating Whether Boeing 737 Max 9 Conformed to Approved Design

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The company has struggled to regain the public’s trust after two crashes of 737 Max 8 jetliners, in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019, killed a total of 346 people. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating why the Max 9 panel, also known as a door plug, flew off.

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