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[Smokin Joe]

Atlas Air Boeing 747-8 cargo plane forced to make an emergency landing at Miami International Airport after an engine appeared to catch fire.

What is going on with Boeing?

https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1748344527965110373

How many hours on the plane? The engine? FOD or bird strike? Turbine blade failure? There are lots of things that can cause an engine failure, and the 747 was designed to fly with only two engines operational, and can stay airborne for a while on just one.

Also, it's a cargo plane.

[mountaineer]

The door plug that blew off  the @AlaskaAir MAX 9 was removed for repair then reinstalled improperly by Boeing mechanics at the Renton assembly plant

That leaves Boeing primarily at fault for the accident rather than its supplier Spirit AeroSystems

https://twitter.com/dominicgates/status/1750157756990955566

[Hoodat]

This is what's posted on the union website:

IAM District 751 Latest News

Update: “We are eagerly awaiting the completion of the NTSB investigation and the release of its findings. The safety and quality of the manufacturing infrastructure are paramount in every task our members undertake at The Boeing Company. Recognizing this, IAM District 751 actively engaged in a recent tri-party agreement involving our Union, Boeing, and the FAA to address membership concerns related to manufacturing processes, airworthiness, and other related matters. Through this partnership, the agreement allows all parties to identify and investigate issues with full transparency. Our members are resolute in their dedication to maintaining quality inspections and strengthening the manufacturing and quality processes, ensuring that the production process reaches the highest standards of safety possible." -IAM District 751 President and Directing Business Representative Jon Holden

https://www.iam751.org/

This union is about to enter into new contract negotiations beginning in February.  Looks like Boeing may now have some leverage against them.

[mystery-ak]

Alaska Airlines Plane Appears to Have Left Boeing Factory Without Critical Bolts
Regulators put limits on Boeing 737 MAX production; grounded MAX 9 jets have resumed flying after required inspections

By Andrew Tangel

Updated Jan. 29, 2024 12:03 pm ET

Bolts needed to secure part of an Alaska Airlines jet that blew off in midair appear to have been missing when the plane left Boeing’s BA -0.14%decrease; red down pointing triangle

factory.

Boeing and other industry officials increasingly believe the plane maker’s employees failed to put back the bolts when they reinstalled a 737 MAX 9 plug door after opening or removing it during production, according to people familiar with the matter.

The increasingly likely scenario, according to some of these people, is based partly on an apparent absence of markings on the Alaska door plug itself that would suggest bolts were in place when it blew off the jet around 16,000 feet over Oregon on Jan. 5. 

They also pointed to paperwork and process lapses at Boeing’s Renton, Wash., factory related to the company’s work on the plug door.

more
https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/signs-suggest-alaska-airlines-plane-lacked-bolts-when-it-left-boeing-factory-f0246654?mod=djemalertNEWS

[roamer_1]

Somebody needs to tell Boeing that 'blow your doors off' is an expression, not a feature.

[mystery-ak]

 Key bolts were missing from a Boeing door plug that blew out in mid-air, report says

By Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace and Chris Isidore, CNN

Updated 3:45 PM EST, Tue February 6, 2024

 Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday said evidence shows four bolts that hold the door plug in place on the Boeing 737 Max 9 were missing at the time of last month’s blowout on Alaska Airlines flight 1282.

The bombshell new finding from federal investigators comes one month and a day after the January 5 incident that triggered a 19-day emergency grounding of all Max 9s, and re-ignited scrutiny of Boeing following the fatal Max 8 crashes of 2018 and 2019.

Boeing acknowledged its responsibility for the blowout in a statement issued after the NTSB report and said it is working to make sure incidents like this do not reoccur.

“Whatever final conclusions are reached, Boeing is accountable for what happened,” said Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun in a statement. “An event like this must not happen on an airplane that leaves our factory. We simply must do better for our customers and their passengers.”

Boeing said it was taking new actions to improve the way it makes the 737 Max 9 planes. That includes more inspections, giving the 737 teams more time “to focus on and implement quality improvements,” and bringing in outside safety experts to assess its operations.

more
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/06/business/ntsb-boeing-alaska-door-plug-blowout-faa/index.html

[verga]

IPhone Survives 16,000-Foot Fall, Helps Steer Jet-Panel Hunt

Kate Duffy  •  10h

(Bloomberg) -- Among the harrowing details of the blown-off fuselage panel that triggered a sudden decompression event on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, one revelation seemed to defy the laws of physics: one of the mobile phones that had been sucked out of the Boeing Co. 737 Max 9 jet’s cabin remained in functioning condition after a 16,000-foot tumble.

A new-generation Apple Inc. iPhone landed intact, unlocked and with hours of battery life remaining on a Portland, Oregon roadside, according to a post on X by a user calling himself Seanathan Bates, who said he discovered the device. The screen showed an email from Alaska Airlines about a baggage claim for the flight, based on Bates’ photos.

The phone was in airplane mode, Bates said in a TikTok video. “It was still pretty clean, no scratches on it, sitting under a bush and it didn’t have a screenlock on it,” he said.  .  .

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/iphone-survives-16-000-foot-fall-helps-steer-jet-panel-hunt/ar-AA1mDgDe

Better get a Superbowl ad up real quick

[verga]

Alaska Airlines Plane Appears to Have Left Boeing Factory Without Critical Bolts
Regulators put limits on Boeing 737 MAX production; grounded MAX 9 jets have resumed flying after required inspections
By Andrew Tangel
Updated Jan. 29, 2024 12:03 pm ET
Bolts needed to secure part of an Alaska Airlines jet that blew off in midair appear to have been missing when the plane left Boeing’s BA -0.14%decrease; red down pointing triangle
factory.

So when they saw they had a pile of bolts left over, no one thought "Hey these might be important."

[mountaineer]

All airlines should take page from Alaska airlines. Fun, exciting, and most importantly GAY!

https://twitter.com/JebraFaushay/status/1767863768153727316

[Wingnut]

Better get a Superbowl ad up real quick

These Apple phones are the New Timex. I can see John Cameron Swayze strap an I-phone onto an Evenrude 40 HP motor and start it up in a tank of water.  "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking"

[DefiantMassRINO]

Air carriers skimping on maintenance?  Where's the FAA?  Oh, Pothole Pete, America needs you to show up to work today.