“Craman Countdown” panelists John Lynch and Sheila Kahyaoglu react to the door explosion of an Alaska Airlines Boeing plane mid-flight.
Days after the plug door of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 was blown into the air, the company's CEO held an all-deck meeting with staff at the 737 factory in Renton, Wash., on Tuesday to discuss the company's future direction. explained.
“We are going to address this issue by first acknowledging our mistake,” Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun said. “We will approach it with 100% and complete transparency every step of the way.”
He also said he would work with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which is investigating the incident, to determine the cause.
In the airline's latest incident on Friday, an Alaska Airlines flight that had climbed to cruising altitude at 16,000 feet after departing from Portland, Oregon, covered an additional emergency exit that can only be operated on maximum capacity planes. The plug door panel was blown off. , for Ontario, California.
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Images from the NTSB investigation into the Boeing 737-9 MAX accident of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 in Portland, Oregon on January 5th. (NTSB/FOX News)
Due to the missing door, the cabin was depressurized and the plane returned safely to Portland with no serious injuries reported.
As the NTSB investigates the incident, Calhoun said Boeing has a long history with the group and “they couldn't be in a better position.”
“I trust their every step and they will definitely come to a conclusion,” he said.
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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said. (Getty Images/Getty Images)
Calhoun also said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will be involved in dealing with airline customers who want their aircraft safely back in service.
That includes putting procedures in place, such as inspections and preparedness measures, “to ensure that every plane that takes to the skies next is actually safe and that this event never happens again.” said Calhoun.
The only two U.S. airlines using the 737 MAX 9 are Alaska Airlines and United Airlines, both of which are grounded, so inspections could be completed while the FAA and NTSB investigate. There is sex.
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Investigator John Lovell examines the fuselage plug section of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, a Boeing 737-9 MAX. (NTSB/FOX News)
The MAX 9 involved in Friday's incident had been restricted from long flights over oceans, including Hawaii, after the state of Alaska reported a pressurization warning on a previous flight.
The incident not only caused hundreds of flights to be canceled, but also caused the company's stock to drop more than 8% on Monday, to its lowest level in a month.
Still, images of the plane during and after the terrifying ordeal show conditions that would only give nightmares.
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“When I took that photo, all I could think about was what happened to the person who was supposed to be sitting next to me.” [to] That hole in the plane,” Calhoun said at Monday’s meeting. “I have children, I have grandchildren, and so do you. These things are important. Every detail matters.”
FOX Business' Eric Revell contributed to this report.
