January 5
On January 5, Alaska Airways Flight 1282 – a Boeing 737 Max 9 – misplaced a door plug at 16,000 ft on a flight from Portland, Oregon, to Ontario, California.
That half is designed to exchange an unneeded emergency exit door, and it blew out inside simply 20 minutes of takeoff.
An emergency touchdown was required and the aircraft landed safely, however a teddy bear, two cellphones, a toddler’s t-shirt had been all stated to have have flown out through the incident.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded 171 of the 737 Max 9s within the aftermath and 6 of the flight’s passengers went on to sue the airline.
Alaska Airways and United Airways additionally went on to seek out unfastened components on their grounded jets’ door plugs.
On January 5, Alaska Airways Flight 1282 – a Boeing 737 Max 9 – misplaced a door plug at 16,000 ft on a flight from Portland, Oregon, to Ontario, California
The lacking door panel was present in a highschool physics instructor’s again yard
January 16
An nameless whistleblower broke rank to say that the door plug blowout ‘was Boeing’s fault’, fairly than its provider Spirit AeroSystems.
First reported by The Seattle Instances, they claimed the fuselage panel was eliminated for restore then reinstalled improperly at its Washington manufacturing unit
‘The rationale the door blew off is said in black and white in Boeings personal information,’ they wrote on aviation website Leeham Information.
‘It is usually very, very silly and speaks volumes concerning the high quality tradition at sure parts of the enterprise.’
February 6
A Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) report stated that the January 5 incident was right down to 4 essential bolds being lacking from the panel which blew out.
February 21
Boeing’s 737 Max program chief, Ed Clark, was reportedly fired in a structural shakeup on the firm.
Clark was additionally common supervisor on the firm’s Renton, Washington, facility and had been at Boeing for 18 years.
He was changed by Katie Ringgold, whereas a ‘senior vice chairman of high quality’ position was created too.
March 3
A United Airways Boeing 737 Max 8 veered off the runway after touchdown in Houston attributable to some kind of gear collapse.
Surprising footage confirmed the aircraft mendacity flat on its wings on grass by the aspect of the runway, whereas passengers had been hurried off from an emergency gate ladder.
A Boeing 737 Max operated by United Airways veered off the tarmac into the grass when exiting the runway at George Bush Airport in Houston early Friday
March 4
An audit by the FAA of each Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems ‘discovered a number of situations the place the businesses allegedly did not adjust to manufacturing high quality management necessities’.
March 6
The pinnacle of the NTSB accused Boeing of ‘not cooperating’ with its investigation into the January incident.
Jennifer Homendy stated investigators sought the names of the 25 individuals who work on door plugs on the Renton facility, however had not obtained them from Boeing.
She advised a Senate Committee listening to ‘it’s absurd that two months later we do not have it’.
Nonetheless, Boeing spokesperson Connor Greenwood pushed again and insisted that names of staff had been supplied ‘early within the investigation’.
The identical day, a 737’s engine caught fireplace in mid-air above Texas, inflicting an emergency touchdown minutes into its journey to Fort Myers, Florida.
March 7
A wheel fell off a Boeing 777-200 shortly after takeoff from San Francisco, crushing automobiles beneath.
The aircraft with 235 passengers and 14 crew diverted to Los Angeles Airport after it was alerted to the touchdown gear failure and landed safely with no additional incident and no accidents reported on the bottom.
March 9
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, 62 – a former high quality management supervisor and worker of 32 years – was discovered useless in his truck exterior a South Carolina resort days after testifying towards the corporate in a lawsuit.
The coroner put it right down to a ‘self-inflicted’ gunshot wound within the head, although the police confirmed that they’d examine additional.
Barnett had made a string of complaints to his higher-ups in his time as a top quality management supervisor earlier than leaving the corporate on well being grounds in 2017.
In January 2024, he appeared on TMZ to say that the 737 Max 9 plane had been being launched again into the air too quickly within the wake of the accident, suggesting corners had been lower.
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was discovered useless in his truck exterior a South Carolina resort days after testifying towards his former employer
March 11
A Boeing 777 was was compelled to land attributable to hydraulic fluid spewing from its touchdown gear space.
The compelled touchdown occurred because the San Francisco-bound 777-300 embarked from Sydney, with fluid filmed leaking from its undercarriage.
March 15
A United Airways 737 was grounded after it was discovered to be lacking a panel after it touched down efficiently in Medford Airport, Oregon, regardless of the lacking half.
March 20
A Boeing 737 900 sure for Atlanta was compelled to show again and make an emergency touchdown after an engine blow out on take-off from Aruba.
The Delta flight circled the Caribbean island 4 instances earlier than coming again into land following the ‘mechanical challenge’.
March 29
United Airways flight 990 – a Boeing 777-200 – from San Francisco to Paris needed to contact down early in Denver after engine issues.
April 4
Alaska Airways introduced that they’d obtained $160 million in compensation from Boeing after their 737 Max 9s had been grounded following the January 5 door blowout.
The quantity was equal to the income misplaced in accordance with a submitting from the airline, however Alaska added that it anticipated receiving additional compensation too.
April 10
One other whistleblower, Sam Salehpour, got here ahead in a Senate committee listening to to accuse Boeing of taking shortcuts when constructing its 777 and 787 Dreamliner jets and added that the corporate had retaliated towards him when he raised considerations.
He doubled down on the claims per week later, including on NBC that 787s must be grounded fearing ‘deadly flaws’ which might case them to collapse mid-air.
In a 1,500 phrase assertion, Boeing stated it was ‘totally assured’ within the 787 and known as considerations about structural integrity ‘inaccurate.’
Pictured: Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour testifies earlier than the US Senate Homeland Safety and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations on April 17
April 11
An inner Boeing overview in response to an preliminary Wall Avenue Journal investigation discovered that CEO Dave Calhoun and different bosses on the aviation agency spent $500,000 on firm personal jets for private journeys which had been improperly recorded as enterprise journey.
Boeing’s overview concluded that among the flights taken by executives in 2021 and 2022 ‘weren’t beforehand categorized as perquisites by the corporate’.
Within the firm’s proxy submitting on April 5, Boeing stated that these flights ‘ought to have been categorized as such in accordance with SEC guidelines and steerage’.
April 16
United Airways indicated it is going to scale back reliance on Boeing after asserting a $124m loss within the first quarter of 2024, which it blamed on the scandal-laden producer.
April 24
Boeing’s CEO assured traders after a first-quarter lack of $355m was introduced which coincided with a six per cent dip in share costs.
Calhoun added that he had a successor lined up for his departure on the finish of 2024 who would come from inside the corporate.
April 26
Delta flight 520 was compelled to make an emergency touchdown at JFK Airport when an emergency slide fell off the Boeing 767 an hour into its journey to Los Angeles.
FAA information indicated that the aircraft was 33 years outdated.
April 30
Joshua Dean (pictured) died instantly on April 30 aged 45 having raised the alarm about supposed defects in 737 Max jets
Dean was employed by Spirit AeroSystems primarily based in Wichita, Kansas
A second whistleblower, Joshua Dean, died instantly aged 45 having raised the alarm about supposed defects in 737 Max jets.
The previous Spirit worker beforehand stated he was fired from his high quality auditing position for questioning requirements on the provider’s plant in Wichita, Kansas, in October 2022.
His household stated on social media that Dean died in hospital after a sudden sickness.
Earlier in 2024, Dean spoke with NPR about being fired. ‘I believe they had been sending out a message to anyone else. In case you are too loud, we’ll silence you,’ he stated.
Might 6
The US Federal Aviation Administration revealed it has opened an investigation into Boeing after the corporate reported that staff at a South Carolina plant falsified inspection information on sure 787 planes.
Boeing stated its engineers have decided that misconduct didn’t create ‘a right away security of flight challenge’.
No planes have been taken out of service, however having to carry out the take a look at out of order on planes will gradual the supply of jets nonetheless being constructed on the last meeting plant in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Boeing should additionally create a plan to handle planes which are already flying, the FAA stated.
Surprising footage confirmed the second the aircraft tried an emergency touchdown, smashing down into the runway and scraping its nostril alongside the concrete
Might 8
A FedEx Airways Boeing cargo aircraft landed at Istanbul Airport with out the entrance touchdown gear deployed and managed to remain on the runway, Turkey’s transport ministry stated, including that there have been no casualties.
The Boeing 767 plane, flying from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, knowledgeable the site visitors management tower at Istanbul Airport that its touchdown gear did not open and it landed with steerage from the tower, the ministry stated in its assertion.
Airport rescue and fireplace preventing groups made needed preparations on the runway earlier than touchdown, and nobody was injured, the ministry additionally stated, with out giving a motive for the failure.
Footage confirmed sparks flying and smoke billowing because the entrance finish of the aircraft scraped alongside the runway earlier than being doused with firefighting foam.
Might 9
A Corendon Airways Boeing 737 aircraft’s entrance tire burst upon touchdown at an airport in southern Turkey on Thursday, the Turkish transport minister stated, including there have been no casualties and all 190 passengers and crew had been evacuated.
The entrance touchdown gear strut was broken on the Corendon Airways aircraft, arriving from Cologne, Germany, because it landed at Alanya-Gazipasa airport in Antalya.
The identical day, a Boeing passenger aircraft got here off the runway throughout takeoff from Dakar worldwide airport, injuring 11 folks and shutting the hub for hours.
A Boeing 738 aircraft of Corendon Airways that operated Cologne-Antalya flight will get caught on runway attributable to a burst tire in Antalya, Turkiye on Might 9, 2024
Footage from the scene in Turkey confirmed the stationary plane on the tarmac flanked by emergency automobiles – its entrance wheels and touchdown gear crumpled beneath. Corendon Airways denied Turkish stories that the plane had landed on its nostril
On this seize taken from video folks leap down emergency slides, working from a aircraft, in Dakar, Senegal, Wednesday, Might 8, 2024. A Boeing 737 aircraft carrying 85 folks caught fireplace and skidded off a runway on the airport in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, injuring 11 folks
The Air Senegal flight was sure for the Malian capital Bamako and had 78 passengers on board, plus a crew of six together with two pilots, airport administration firm LAS stated in a press release.
Photographs confirmed the plane in an overgrown space with first aiders surrounding an injured individual. Smoke and flames are additionally seen close to the aircraft.
Additionally on Might 9, the US Securities and Trade Fee is investigating statements made by Boeing Co. about its security practices after a mid-air panel blowout on a 737 MAX flight in January.
The SEC will look at whether or not the planemaker or its executives misled traders in violation of the Wall Avenue regulator’s guidelines, the report stated, citing three folks acquainted with the event.
Might 14
Boeing has violated a settlement that allowed the corporate to keep away from prison prosecution after two lethal crashes involving its 737 Max plane greater than 5 years in the past, the Justice Division advised a federal choose.
It’s now as much as the Justice Division (DOJ) to resolve whether or not to file costs towards Boeing. Prosecutors will inform the court docket no later than July 7 how they plan to proceed, the division stated.
Might 21
One individual died and others had been injured on a flight from London to Singapore which plummeted 6,000ft in 5 minutes earlier than making an emergency touchdown in Thailand.
The Boeing 777 aircraft operated by Singapore Airways left the UK’s Heathrow airport on Monday night at 22.17pm native time with 211 passengers and 18 crew on board.
Nonetheless, flight SQ321 skilled extreme turbulence whereas flying near Myanmar airspace in a area being battered by excessive tropical thunderstorms.
Pictured: Passengers are seen within the cabin after the incident on Tuesday, with belongings strewn throughout the ground and oxygen masks dangling from above
Passengers are seen on the Singapore Airways aircraft after it made an emergency touchdown in Bangkok on Tuesday. Oxygen masks fell from the ceiling, as did different elements
Geoffrey Kitchen, 73, (pictured) who ran the Thornbury Musical Theatre Group in Bristol, was on board the aircraft when the incident occurred
After round 11 hours of flying time from take off in London, the plane sharply dropped from an altitude of round 37,000 ft to 31,000 ft inside simply 5 minutes because it completed traversing the Andaman Sea and neared Thailand.
Boeing stated: ‘We’re involved with Singapore Airways concerning flight SQ321 and stand able to assist them.
‘We prolong our deepest condolences to the household who misplaced a cherished one, and our ideas are with the passengers and crew.’
