Boeing is withdrawing a request for a safety exemption required for a new model of a 737 Max plane, after facing criticism when a door plug blew off one of its planes midflight earlier this month. Last year, the aircraft manufacturer asked federal regulators to allow the company to begin delivering its 737 Max 7…
NTSB via ReutersEvidence from the door that blew off an Alaska Airlines plane is bolstering a theory that the emergency occurred because bolts required to secure the door were missing when the aircraft left Boeing’s factory, according to The Wall Street Journal. The so-called door plug on the 737 Max 9 aircraft blew out at around 16,000 feet during the flight on Jan. 5 and was later discovered in a teacher’s backyard. Now Boeing and other industry officials “increasingly believe” that the aircra