Boeing Provides Information in Blowout Investigation After Safety Board Chair Raised Concerns


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The NTSB chair told a Senate committee that Boeing had not yet provided records on its documentation regarding the opening and closing of the door plug on Alaska’s Max 9 and the names of certain workers.

The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed that it had received key information from Boeing related to the Alaska Airlines blowout incident on Wednesday afternoon.

Earlier Wednesday, NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy had told a Senate committee it had yet to receive the requested information, including the names of certain workers and documentation regarding the opening and closing of the door plug on the Alaska jet.

“There are two options,” Homendy said during the Senate Commerce Committee hearing. “Either they exist and we do