The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the fuselage panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines jet.The feds have started to contact passengers and crew members of the horrifying Jan. 5 flight, which made an emergency landing in Portland, Ore., after the door plug of the Boeing 737 Max 9 blew off at 16,000 feet in the air, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing documents and people familiar with the matter.  3 The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into ...

ToplineThe Department of Justice has launched a criminal probe into a Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines flight where a door blew open mid-flight aboard a Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited documents and unnamed individuals familiar with the probe.This photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows a gaping hole where the ... [+] paneled-over door had been at the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282. (National Transportation Safety Board via AP, File ...

An Alaska airlines Boeing 737 is taking off from Los Angeles International AirPort (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, on March 6, 2024.The Justice Department has started a criminal investigation into the Alaska Airlines incident where a door panel blew out mid-air two months ago, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.The newspaper, citing documents and people familiar with the matter, said investigators have contacted passengers, pilots and flight attendants on Flight 1282 on Jan. 5 heading to Ontario, C ...

"In an event like this, it's normal for the DOJ to be conducting an investigation. We are fully cooperating and do not believe we are a target of the investigation," Alaska Airlines said in an emailed statement to Reuters.The Wall Street Journal earlier reported, citing documents and people familiar with the matter, that the investigators have contacted some passengers and crew on the Jan. 5 flight, which made an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, after a fuselage panel ripped off midair.The investigati ...

Embattled airplane manufacturer Boeing said it’s overhauling its bonus structure to tie payouts more closely to safety — its latest move to prioritize quality over profits as it looks to recover from the reputational crisis caused by a midair door-plug blowout.The new structure will apply to Boeing’s nonunion workforce of more than 100,000 staffers, including managers and executives, according to an internal memo obtained by The Wall Street Journal.The note, which was first circulated among employees, said ...

United Airlines will pause pilot hiring in May and June due to aircraft delivery delays from Boeing, according to a memo seen by Reuters.“United will slow the pace of pilot hires this year due to continued aircraft certification delay and manufacturing delays at Boeing,” the memo shared with all pilots said Thursday.Boeing is facing increased scrutiny due to a Jan. 5 incident when a door plug blew off a brand new 737 MAX plane mid-flight.United Airlines is pausing pilot hiring in May and June. Christopher S ...

In the latest trading session, Alaska Air Group (ALK) closed at $36.96, marking a -0.67% move from the previous day. The stock trailed the S&P 500, which registered a daily gain of 0.51%. Elsewhere, the Dow saw an upswing of 0.2%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq appreciated by 0.58%.Coming into today, shares of the airline had gained 3.39% in the past month. In that same time, the Transportation sector gained 3.82%, while the S&P 500 gained 2.94%.Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the p ...

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Jennifer Homendy, Chair of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), testifies before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. The head of the federal investigation into a troubled January flight on a Boeing 737 MAX jet blasted the aviation giant on Wednesday for not providing key information quickl ...

Boeing has refused to tell investigators who worked on the door plug that later blew off a jetliner during flight in January, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.The company also hasn’t provided documentation about a repair job that included removing and reinstalling the panel on the Boeing 737 Max 9 — or even whether Boeing kept records — Jennifer Homendy told a Senate committee.“It’s absurd that two months later we don’t have that,” Homendy said. “Without that information, ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said the agency’s 737 MAX production audit into Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems found multiple instances where the companies allegedly failed to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements.The FAA also said it found “non-compliance issues in Boeing’s manufacturing process control, parts handling and storage, and product control.” The agency on Monday released a summary of its findings to the companies in its completed audit but did not make that public b ...