Boeing’s 737 factory logs reveal delays, production pressure before door plug blowout: report

Boeing’s mill logs show that crews apparently did not travel procedures arsenic they faced mounting unit complete delays successful finishing a pitchy that would later person its doorway plug blown disconnected midflight, according to a report.

The accumulation breakdown, arsenic first reported by nan Wall Street Journal, was highlighted successful nan company’s Shipside Action Tracker (SAT) entries, which are soul channels utilized to pass fixes for accumulation problems.

Damaged rivets astir nan framework of nan doorway plug successful nan jet’s fuselage were flagged for repair connected Sept. 1 astatine Boeing’s factory successful Renton, Washington, but target dates for completion were continually missed, according to nan newspaper, which reviewed nan logs. 

Workers extended nan estimated completion clip 50 times and escalated nan business to a "Tier 3" priority, according to nan logs. The unit to decorativeness nan pitchy was highlighted pinch dollar signs successful an soul connection reviewed by nan newspaper that read: "$$TIER-CHG: 2 – 3 $$."

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A doorway sheet connected a Boeing 737-9 MAX blew disconnected mid-flight aft Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 took disconnected from Portland International Airport connected Jan. 5. (NTSB  / Fox News)

The logs show that nan repairs were yet vanished and signed disconnected connected nan greeting of Sept. 20 aft a value cheque was requested nan erstwhile day.

The doorway plug would rustle disconnected nan pitchy during an Alaska Airlines flight 16,000 feet complete Oregon connected Jan. 5. Federal investigators later recovered that nan doorway plug appeared to beryllium missing 4 cardinal bolts aft repair activity astatine nan Boeing plant.

While pilots landed nan Boeing 737 Max 9 safely, nan accelerated depressurization successful nan compartment put passengers successful threat of being sucked retired of nan plane.

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Since nan blowout, Boeing has faced accrued scrutiny complete safety.

Investigator-in-Charge John Lovell examines nan fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX. (NTSB / Fox News)

A six-week Federal Aviation Administration review of Boeing’s manufacturing processes for nan 737 Max recovered nan company failed 33 of 89 aspects.

In a statement to labor past month, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun called nan incident "a watershed moment" for nan institution and that it requires a "total committedness to information and value astatine each level of our company."

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Days aft nan note, Boeing announced that Calhoun was stepping down astatine nan extremity of 2024.