Witnesses Will Tell A Federal Safety Board About The Blowout On A Boeing 737 Max Earlier This Year
Alaska Airlines aircraft sit in the airline's hangar at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in SeaTac, Wash. Boeing has acknowledged in a letter to Congress that it cannot find records for work done on a door panel that blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight over Oregon two months ago. Ziad Ojakli, Boeing executive vice president and chief government lobbyist, wrote to Sen. Maria Cantwell on Friday, March 8 saying, “We have looked extensively and have not found any such documentation.” (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
(Associated Press) – The National Transportation Safety Board is about to hold a two-day hearing into the blowout of a panel from the side of a Boeing 737 Max airliner.
The safety board’s hearing starts Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
It will hear from witnesses including its own investigators who have been looking into the Jan. 5 accident that occurred during an Alaska Airlines flight.
The board is calling it a fact-finding hearing.
The NTSB will not vote on a probable cause for the accident.
That step probably won’t happen for another year or longer after more investigation.