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What Has Happened to Boeing Since the 737 Max Crashes
A brief look at what has happened to Boeing since the deadly 2018 and 2019 crashes and the recent Alaska Airlines incident.
March 13, 2024
Alaska Airlines Flight Was Scheduled for Safety Check on Day Panel Blew Off
From our partners at The New York Times: The 737 Max remained in service for a day after the airline’s engineers, concerned about warning lights, scheduled it to come in for maintenance. During that period, a door plug came off in flight.
March 12, 2024
F.A.A. Audit of Boeing’s 737 Max Production Found Dozens of Issues
From our partners at The New York Times: The company failed 33 of 89 audits during an examination conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines jet in January.
March 11, 2024
Jack Teixeira Pleads Guilty in ‘Discord Leaks’ Case
‘The Discord Leaks,’ from FRONTLINE and The Washington Post, investigated Jack Teixeira, a massive leak of national security secrets, and the role of platforms like Discord.
March 4, 2024
Jack Teixeira Will Plead Guilty in Massive Leak of Documents on Discord
Federal prosecutors filed a notice with a federal judge in advance of a hearing next week.
February 29, 2024
Boeing’s Safety Culture Faulted by F.A.A. in New Report
From our partners at The New York Times: The report by a group of experts was commissioned at the behest of Congress and in response to fatal crashes involving 737 Max jets in 2018 and 2019.
February 26, 2024
Boeing 737 Max Official Is Out as Questions Linger on Mishap
From our partners at The New York Times: The head of the factory making Max jets is leaving the company as it faces scrutiny of an incident that left a hole in a plane’s fuselage in flight.
February 21, 2024
Facing Another Boeing Crisis, the F.A.A. Takes a Harder Line
The latest crisis involving a 737 Max jet is once again prompting scrutiny of the Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight of Boeing.
February 5, 2024
Boeing, Still Recovering From Max 8 Crashes, Faces a New Crisis
From our partners at The New York Times: The incident on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 plane is likely to increase Boeing’s costs and scrutiny of the manufacturer by regulators, airlines and travelers.
February 5, 2024
‘Not Where We Need to Be’: Boeing to Make Changes in Quality Control
From our partners at The New York Times: The plane manufacturer said it would add additional inspections, including at the supplier of a panel that blew off during a recent Alaska Airlines flight.
January 15, 2024
The Troubled History of Boeing’s 737 Max Jet
Amid the temporary grounding of some Boeing 737 Max jets, revisit FRONTLINE and The New York Times’ 2021 documentary ‘Boeing’s Fatal Flaw.’
January 9, 2024
Accused Leaker Teixeira was Seen as Potential Mass Shooter, Probe Finds
Fellow airmen at the Massachusetts base where Teixeira worked warned superiors about his ‘fringe thinking’ and called him ‘the active shooter kid.’ Their concerns went unreported.
December 22, 2023