Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 Near Disaster! Quality & Reliability Issues?

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Renaud and Andrew Amirnovin, Sofeast's Head of Compliance and Reliability, are talking about the Boeing 737 Max 9 airplane that has been in the news again following a very frightening incident where part of the body blew out leading to a sudden depressurization and emergency landing. But why did this occur? Are there more quality and reliability issues to worry about?

Show Sections

00:00 - Greetings and introduction.

01:18 - What happened on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Jan 5th, 2024?

05:03 - Has the FAA been going too easy on Boeing?

06:33 - Did Boeing rushing to redevelop the 737 lead to catastrophic problems?

10:57 - Why was Boeing under such pressure? A look back over a few decades.

13:43 - Worrying tales from angry former Boeing employees.

18:39 - 737 Max grounding.

22:38 - Time for new leadership at Boeing?

26:52 - FAA audit.

29:32 - Had warnings been properly heeded?

34:12 - Next steps and takeaways.

37:45 - Wrapping up.

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