Boeing issued a bulletin
to its suppliers late last week that laid out practices to
ensure bolts are properly torqued after multiple airlines
reported loose hardware during inspections of the grounded.
Alaska Airlines
and United Airlines are extending their cancellations of
all Boeing 737 MAX 9 flights through Wednesday following a Jan.
5 mid-air cabin blowout and as inspections continue. .
The Federal Aviation
Administration said late on Friday it will require
inspections of 40 Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplanes and will
review data from those checks before allowing the planes to
resume.
Alaska Airlines said it will
extend its cancellation of Boeing 737 MAX 9 flights
through Sunday for planes that have been grounded since last
week s mid-air cabin panel blowout. Alaska.
Three U.S. senators on
Thursday said the recent Alaska Airlines’ Boeing 737 Max 9
fuselage blowout raises serious questions about the largest U.S.
planemaker s manufacturing quality control. .