Boeing’s video footage displaying precisely who labored on the 737 Max 9 door that flew off an Alaska Airways flight has been erased, and the NTSB believes the corporate’s attempting to cover the knowledge.
Nationwide Transportation Security Board chairman, Jennifer Homendy, wrote a letter Wednesday to the Senate Commerce Committee … saying they’re nonetheless at the hours of darkness about which Boeing workers had been concerned within the door’s restore. That they had requested the checklist of names when the preliminary report into the investigation revealed the door had no bolts through the mid-flight scare on January 5.
Homendy accused Boeing of obstructing their investigation … telling Senators Maria Cantwell and Ted Cruz, “We nonetheless haven’t any clue who did the work to open, reinstall, and shut the door plug on the accident plane.” She added, “Boeing has knowledgeable us that they’re unable to search out the information documenting this work.”
Throughout her testimony earlier than the SCC earlier this month, Homendy clarified Boeing solely offered an inventory of workers who report back to the door crew supervisor, however not precisely who had labored on the door plug in query.
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In her letter, Homendy says she then reached out to Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to acquire the names, however he knowledgeable her he could not present that information, sustaining Boeing had no information of the work being completed.
Homendy says the absence of these names has resulted in a irritating roadblock within the NTSB’s investigation — and she or he clarifies they are not looking for the names for punitive causes, and can safeguard the identities of the staff concerned.
You will keep in mind … the Boeing plane needed to make an emergency touchdown in Portland after one among the cabin home windows blew out, inflicting a terrifying scene with belongings of frightened passengers being sucked out.
Alaska Airways CEO Ben Minicucci introduced on the time the corporate can be grounding its fleet of 65 Boeing 737-9 plane quickly for a radical inspection and upkeep as a precautionary measure. By the tip of the month, they bought the all-clear to renew flights.
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Nonetheless, former Boeing high quality supervisor John Barnett got here on “TMZ Stay” to make it clear he disagreed with that call … as a result of he claimed Boeing was ignoring important security issues.
Barnett had even taken his combat in opposition to Boeing a step additional by submitting a lawsuit, alleging retaliation for his whistleblowing efforts. He sat for a deposition within the forged final week, and the very subsequent day he was discovered lifeless … allegedly by suicide.
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In the meantime, Boeing’s dealing with extra points … together with a flight this week from Australia to NZ that began falling from the sky after experiencing huge gear failure.
