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The National Transportation Safety Board said several Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems executives will testify at a two-day hearing starting Tuesday on the January mid-air burst of an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 door plug.
The NTSB said Boeing’s senior vice president for quality, Elizabeth Lund and supplier quality vice president, Doug Ackerman will testify.
Spirit AeroSystems produces the MAX fuselage, and Terry George, senior vice president and general manager for the Boeing Program, and Scott Grabon, senior director for 737 quality, will also be present.
Airbus took over Spirit AeroSystems’ loss-making Europe-focused operations last month after Boeing bought back its core assets for $4.7 billion in stock.
The 20-hour, two-day hearing on the Alaska Boeing 737 MAX 9 door plug blowout with four missing bolts will also feature several Federal Aviation Administration officials.
The hearing will include 737 manufacture and inspections, safety and quality management systems, FAA monitoring, and door plug opening and closing.
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Boeing claims there is no bolt removal paperwork.
Boeing and the FAA did not respond quickly. A Spirit representative said the firm “is fully committed to cooperating with the NTSB in its investigation into this incident.”.
The FAA banned Boeing 737 manufacturing in January. In June, FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker stated Boeing oversight was “too hands-off” before January.
In June, the NTSB concluded Boeing violated inquiry regulations by giving media non-public information and commenting on causes.
The safety board stated Lund’s media comments were “either inaccurate or unknown to the NTSB,” and others were new.
Boeing will no longer view NTSB-produced information and cannot question other parties during the hearing, unlike other parties.
Boeing pleaded guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy and paid $243.6 million to end a U.S. Justice Department probe into two 737 MAX deadly crashes last month.
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