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Boeing, not Spirit, mis-installed piece that blew off Alaska MAX 9 jet, industry source says (www.seattletimes.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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...

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Here is the actual source quoted in the article: https://leehamnews.com/2024/01/15/unplanned-removal-installation-inspection-procedure-at-boeing/#comment-509962

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 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.
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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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

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