Boeing door plug hearings put embattled planemaker under NTSB scrutiny
foxbusiness.comBriefing occurred Tuesday in Renton, Washington, detailing «defect» from supplier.
A two-day National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearing begins Tuesday, focusing on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX door plug blowout that occurred in January.
Elizabeth Lund, senior vice president of quality for Boeing commercial airplanes, is expected to testify for much of the opening day regarding the plane's manufacturing, inspections and events surrounding the opening and closing of the mid-exit door plug, according to an NTSB-released agenda.
Terry George, senior vice president and general manager for Boeing Program at Spirit AeroSystems, and Scott Grabon, a senior director for 737 quality at Spirit, which makes the fuselage for the MAX, will also appear.
Last month, Boeing agreed to buy back Spirit AeroSystems, whose core plants it spun off in 2005, for $4.7 billion in stock.
BOEING AGREES TO BUY SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS FOR $4.7B AS MANUFACTURER ADDRESSES SAFETY CONCERNS
Spirit AeroSystems offices in Farmers Branch, Texas, US, on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. fell the most in more than four months as the supplier to Boeing Co. faces scrutiny over an incident in which a panel tore loose from a (Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Earlier this summer, Boeing was rebuked by the NTSB for sharing details about the investigation into the matter during a media briefing by Lund, who is also chair of the Enterprise Quality Operations Council.
The NTSB said it was going to subpoena the company to appear in this week's investigative hearing in Washington, D.C., adding that Boeing would not be allowed to ask questions of other participants.
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