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Alaska Airlines CEO: We found “many” loose bolts on our Max 9 planes following near-disaster — “My demand on Boeing is what are they going to do to improve their quality programs in-house.” (www.nbcnews.com)
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Alaska Airlines CEO: We found “many” loose bolts on our Max 9 planes following near-disaster — “My demand on Boeing is what are they going to do to improve their quality programs in-house.”::The CEO of Alaska Airlines said new inspections of the carrier's Boeing 737 Max 9 planes revealed that “many” of the aircraft were found to have loose bolts.

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[–] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The MAX series didn't go on its first flight with a customer until 2017. These are practically brand new planes.

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

The one that ripped open while flying was only 3 months old.