No survivors were located after a helicopter crashed in the Mojave Desert in California Friday night, authorities said. "The scene of the crash was determined to be east of the 15-Freeway, near Halloran Springs Road," the statement added. A preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration said a helicopter crashed near Nipton, California, Friday night.
After a door plug blew off of an Alaska Airlines flight in January after taking off from Portland International Airport, one aviation expert says the incident could have been disastrous had the Boeing 737 Max 9 been at a higher altitude and if passengers were unbuckled.
Bolts that helped secure a panel to the frame of a Boeing 737 Max 9 were missing before the panel blew off the Alaska Airlines plane last month, according to accident investigators.
(Reuters) -The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board will release its preliminary report on the Jan. 5 Boeing 737 MAX 9 door panel blowout on Tuesday, the agency said. The Jan. 5 incident has become a full-blown safety and reputational crisis for Boeing that will slow plane production and risks it ceding further market share to rival Airbus. Until now, the independent U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has not said what caused the panel to rip off an Alaska Airlines-operated jet as the plane climbed to 16,000 feet after taking off from Portland, Oregon.