Errors by Boeing at Renton plant led to Alaska Airlines MAX 9 blowout, industry source says
www.seattletimes.com
The piece that blew off an Alaska Airlines jet this month was removed and re-installed improperly by Boeing mechanics in Renton, according to a person familiar with the details of the work.

Boeing, not Spirit, mis-installed piece that blew off Alaska MAX 9 jet, industry source says::The piece that blew off an Alaska Airlines jet this month was removed and re-installed improperly by Boeing mechanics in Renton, according to a person familiar with the details of…

    • @ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7•11 months ago

      OP’s article is really weird, too. It mentions “a source told the Seattle Times”, but…they didn’t. The Seattle Times was reporting on a purported whistleblower posting to a public forum (what you linked).

      This site could have reported the same source. It’s like they only skimmed the article they’re regurgitating.

      • @AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        5•11 months ago

        It mentions “a source told the Seattle Times”, but…they didn’t. The Seattle Times was reporting on a purported whistleblower posting to a public forum (what you linked).

        I think there are two sources.

        The fuselage panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines jet earlier this month was removed for repair then reinstalled improperly by Boeing mechanics on the Renton final assembly line, a person familiar with the details of the work told The Seattle Times.
        …
        Last week, a different person — an anonymous whistleblower who appears to have access to Boeing’s manufacturing records of the work done assembling the specific Alaska Airlines jet that suffered the blowout — on an aviation website separately provided many additional details about how the door plug came to be removed and then mis-installed.

      • @eRacEnglish
        4•11 months ago

        Also, the headline is completely wrong. The source claimed that a Spirit warranty team opted to go for a physically-impossible action and Boeing didn’t stop them.

    • Australis13
      3•11 months ago

      Thanks for that. A very interesting read; I am inclined to believe the author, given how they describe the failure of processes.

    • @Corngood@lemmy.mlEnglish
      62•11 months ago

      They’re talking about Spirit AeroSystems, which I believe is an unrelated company that just coincidentally also happens to be terrible at what they do.

    • @Bakachu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5•11 months ago

      I literally thought Spirit airlines too. Sometimes there’s partnerships where a segment might be operated by a smaller regional company so thought that was the case at first glance.