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...Boeing has called a company-wide safety meeting for Tuesday to discuss its response to the incident....
...But the Alaska Airlines door panel blew off shortly before the agreement was set to expire....
...Important customers, including Ryanair and aircraft lessor AerCap, have in recent weeks warned that the company needs to focus on safety and quality control....
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...The latest blow to its authority came last Friday when part of the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 jet blew out at 16,000 feet, inducing a sudden decompression....
...The 50-page report was commissioned long before the incident on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max jetliner in January....
...On Thursday the company paused production at its plant in Renton, Washington, for 15 hours to discuss quality issues with more than 10,000 workers....
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...The dramatic blowout of a section of the fuselage on an Alaska Airlines flight has put the focus back on Boeing’s 737 Max — the US company’s most popular plane and also its biggest source of revenue in its...
...But Boeing had yet to provide the list, she said, two months after a dangerous incident on an Alaska Airlines flight....
...The incident, which involved the Max 9 model, has dealt a heavy blow to Boeing’s reputation and raised numerous safety and quality control questions at the company....
...blew out on the Alaska aircraft in mid-air on a flight from Portland, Oregon....
...into a manufacturing “shit show” after the fuselage blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight in January....
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...“While we don’t like increasing fees, it’s one step we are taking to return our company back to profitability and cover the increased costs of transporting bags.”...
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