emergency exit door, blew out, causing an uncontrolled decompression of the aircraft. The aircraft returned to Portland and several passengers required medical attention after landing.As a result, the National Transportation Safety Board of the US opened an investigation into the Alaska Airlines incident and weeks later, the NTSB was also investigating another incident in February in which a United Airlines pilot in a Boeing 737 Max-8 reported stuck rudder pedals during a landing.“I think Boeing has work to do.
It is a question that is vexing us all. They will get it right in the end.
They will restore their production lines, their safety of operations, their quality of build, that will come. We are all being hamstrung by this.
But, they are on it, and they get it. That is the most important thing that they get it, so they know they cannot continue the way they did," Emirates President Tim Clark told Mint on the sidelines of the IATA Aviation Summit earlier this month in Dubai.The current investigation at Boeing has also slowed down the pace of deliveries by the aircraft manufacturer.
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