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Boeing failed to provide training to prevent MAX 9 midair emergency: NTSB

A gaping hole where the panelled-over door had been at the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, January 7, 2024, in Portland, Oregon [File: National Transportation Safety Board via AP]

Boeing failed to provide adequate training, guidance and oversight to prevent a midair cabin panel blowout of a new 737 MAX 9 flight in January 2024, which spun the planemaker into a major crisis, the United States National Transportation Safety Board has said.

The board on Tuesday harshly criticised Boeing’s safety culture and its failure to install four key bolts in a new Alaska Airlines MAX 9 during production, as well as the ineffective oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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