www.canberratimes.com.au Open in urlscan Pro
13.35.93.32  Public Scan

Form analysis
4 forms found in the DOM

<form class="relative group left-0 top-0 ml-2 h-8 w-8 focus-within:w-64 focus-within:rounded-md"><input
    class="h-full w-full text-gray-900 h-10 pr-1 focus:pr-3 border-0 cursor-pointer focus:cursor-text outline-none focus:ring-0 focus:border-gray-300 focus:border focus:rounded-md focus:shadow-inner bg-white hover:bg-gray-100 focus:bg-white transition-colors focus:transition-none duration-600 ease-default rounded pl-10"
    data-testid="nav-search-input" placeholder="Search articles" type="text" value=""><button class="absolute top-0 flex h-full w-5 items-center fill-current text-gray-900 left-3 pointer-events-none" type="button"><svg height="21" viewBox="0 0 21 21"
      width="21">
      <path clip-rule="evenodd"
        d="M14.2978 12.6806H15.2084L20.9608 18.4445L19.2432 20.1621L13.4793 14.4097V13.499L13.168 13.1763C11.8539 14.306 10.1477 14.9861 8.29177 14.9861C4.15329 14.9861 0.798706 11.6315 0.798706 7.49307C0.798706 3.35459 4.15329 0 8.29177 0C12.4302 0 15.7848 3.35459 15.7848 7.49307C15.7848 9.34904 15.1047 11.0552 13.975 12.3693L14.2978 12.6806ZM3.10426 7.49306C3.10426 10.3635 5.42135 12.6806 8.29177 12.6806C11.1622 12.6806 13.4793 10.3635 13.4793 7.49306C13.4793 4.62264 11.1622 2.30555 8.29177 2.30555C5.42135 2.30555 3.10426 4.62264 3.10426 7.49306Z"
        fill-rule="evenodd"></path>
    </svg></button></form>

<form class="relative group left-0 top-0 ml-2 h-8 w-8 focus-within:w-64 focus-within:rounded-md"><input
    class="h-full w-full text-gray-900 h-10 pr-1 focus:pr-3 border-0 cursor-pointer focus:cursor-text outline-none focus:ring-0 focus:border-gray-300 focus:border focus:rounded-md focus:shadow-inner bg-white hover:bg-gray-100 focus:bg-white transition-colors focus:transition-none duration-600 ease-default rounded pl-10"
    data-testid="nav-search-input" placeholder="Search articles" type="text" value=""><button class="absolute top-0 flex h-full w-5 items-center fill-current text-gray-900 left-3 pointer-events-none" type="button"><svg height="21" viewBox="0 0 21 21"
      width="21">
      <path clip-rule="evenodd"
        d="M14.2978 12.6806H15.2084L20.9608 18.4445L19.2432 20.1621L13.4793 14.4097V13.499L13.168 13.1763C11.8539 14.306 10.1477 14.9861 8.29177 14.9861C4.15329 14.9861 0.798706 11.6315 0.798706 7.49307C0.798706 3.35459 4.15329 0 8.29177 0C12.4302 0 15.7848 3.35459 15.7848 7.49307C15.7848 9.34904 15.1047 11.0552 13.975 12.3693L14.2978 12.6806ZM3.10426 7.49306C3.10426 10.3635 5.42135 12.6806 8.29177 12.6806C11.1622 12.6806 13.4793 10.3635 13.4793 7.49306C13.4793 4.62264 11.1622 2.30555 8.29177 2.30555C5.42135 2.30555 3.10426 4.62264 3.10426 7.49306Z"
        fill-rule="evenodd"></path>
    </svg></button></form>

<form class="relative group left-0 top-0 h-8 w-full rounded-md"><input class="h-full w-full text-gray-900 h-10 pr-10 cursor-pointer cursor-text outline-none focus:ring-0 border-gray-300 border rounded-md shadow-inner pr-10"
    data-testid="nav-search-input" placeholder="Search articles" type="text" value=""><button class="absolute top-0 flex h-full w-5 items-center fill-current text-gray-900 pointer-events-none right-3" type="button"><svg height="21"
      viewBox="0 0 21 21" width="21">
      <path clip-rule="evenodd"
        d="M14.2978 12.6806H15.2084L20.9608 18.4445L19.2432 20.1621L13.4793 14.4097V13.499L13.168 13.1763C11.8539 14.306 10.1477 14.9861 8.29177 14.9861C4.15329 14.9861 0.798706 11.6315 0.798706 7.49307C0.798706 3.35459 4.15329 0 8.29177 0C12.4302 0 15.7848 3.35459 15.7848 7.49307C15.7848 9.34904 15.1047 11.0552 13.975 12.3693L14.2978 12.6806ZM3.10426 7.49306C3.10426 10.3635 5.42135 12.6806 8.29177 12.6806C11.1622 12.6806 13.4793 10.3635 13.4793 7.49306C13.4793 4.62264 11.1622 2.30555 8.29177 2.30555C5.42135 2.30555 3.10426 4.62264 3.10426 7.49306Z"
        fill-rule="evenodd"></path>
    </svg></button></form>

GET https://cloud.mc.austcommunitymedia.com.au/the-canberra-times-newsletter-page

<form action="https://cloud.mc.austcommunitymedia.com.au/the-canberra-times-newsletter-page" class="" method="get" target="_blank"><label for="email-story"><span class="sr-only">Email address</span><input autocomplete="email"
      class="w-full rounded-md border-white py-3 px-5 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-offset-2 placeholder:text-gray-500 focus:ring-white focus:ring-offset-indigo-700" id="email-story" name="email" placeholder="Enter your email"
      required="" type="email" value=""></label><button
    class="mt-3 flex w-full items-center justify-center rounded-md border border-transparent py-3 px-5 text-base font-medium shadow focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-offset-2 bg-indigo-500 text-white hover:bg-indigo-400 focus:ring-white focus:ring-offset-indigo-700"
    type="submit">Notify me</button></form>

Text Content

Ad

NewsLatest News

Share
FacebookTwitterWhatsappCopy Link
NewsLatest News

Subscribe
Log In

News Home

Share
FacebookTwitterWhatsappCopy Link
SubscribeLog in



SectionsMy Region
Home Page
News

Local NewsCourt and CrimeProperty and DevelopmentACT PoliticsFederal
PoliticsTransportNationalDefenceWorldBusinessEconomicsHealthEducationScience and
technologyEnvironmentHistoryObituariesSend Us Your NewsVoice to ParliamentYoung
and RegionalMotoring NewsCost of Living
Public Service
Sport

LiveLocal
SportRaidersBrumbiesNRLAFLRugbySoccerCricketCapitalsUnitedRacingTennisScores and
DrawsA-LeagueWorld Sport
Video

BreakingLocalNationalViralWorldAnimalPoliticsCrimeEntertainmentSportAutomotive
What's On

Things to doFood & WineTV GuideMoviesStage and theatreVisual
artMusicCompetitions
Comment

Letters to the EditorEditorialOpinionCartoons
Life & Style

LifeMoneyPuzzlesBooksRecipesCelebrity
Jobs
Classifieds

TributesCelebrationsAllhomesPlace a Classifieds AdPlace a Job AdGarage Sales
Recommended

FeaturesSpecial PublicationsPartner ContentSponsorships
Heartbeat of Australia
Press releases from AAP
Emergency


QUICK LINKS


Today’s Paper

Download our app

Interactive Puzzles

Newsletters


NETWORK


Explore Travel

CareerOne

AgTrader

View Insurance

Beevo
Contact usHelp CentreTerms & Conditions - DigitalTerms & Conditions -
NewspaperPrivacy PolicyAbout usConditions of Use
Braidwood TimesCrookwell GazetteGoulburn PostThe Queanbeyan AgeYass Tribune

Your digital subscription includes access to content from all our websites in
your region. Access unlimited news content and The Canberra Times app. Premium
subscribers also enjoy interactive puzzles and access to the digital version of
our print edition - Today's Paper.

View Subscription Offers

Home/News/Latest News



BOEING FACES NEW QUESTIONS AFTER PLANE'S WINDOW BLOWOUT

By David Koenig (ap Airlines Writer)
Updated January 6 2024 - 11:55am, first published 11:53am
By David Koenig (ap Airlines Writer)
Updated January 6 2024 - 11:55am, first published 11:53am
FacebookTwitterWhatsappEmail
Copy

The gaping hole in the side of the Alaska Airlines plane caused cabin pressure
to drop sharply. (AP PHOTO)

Boeing faces new scrutiny about the safety of its best-selling plane, the 737
Max, after a harrowing Alaska Airlines flight led federal officials to announce
a temporary grounding.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it was requiring immediate inspections
of Max 9 planes operated by US airlines or flown in the United States by foreign
carriers.

The FAA's emergency order, affecting about 171 planes worldwide, is the latest
blow to Boeing over the Max lineup of jets, which were involved in two deadly
crashes shortly after their debut.

On Friday an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 was left with a large hole in the side
when a window panel blew out seven minutes after takeoff from Portland, Oregon.
The rapid loss of cabin pressure pulled the clothes off a child and caused
oxygen masks to drop from the ceiling, but miraculously none of the 171
passengers and six members were injured. Pilots made a safe emergency landing.

Advertisement

Ad


The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating Friday's
incident.

Boeing issued a statement saying it supported the FAA's decision to require
immediate inspections and was providing technical help to the investigators.

More than a decade ago, Boeing considered designing and building an entirely new
plane to replace the 737. But afraid of losing sales to European rival Airbus,
it decided to take the shorter path of tweaking the 737 -- and the Max was born.

A Max 8 jet operated by Lion Air crashed in Indonesia in 2018, and an Ethiopian
Airlines Max 8 crashed in 2019. Regulators around the world grounded the planes
for nearly two years while Boeing changed an automated flight control system
implicated in the crashes.

Federal prosecutors and Congress questioned whether Boeing had cut corners in
its rush to get the Max approved quickly, and with a minimum of training
required for pilots. In 2021, Boeing settled a criminal investigation by
agreeing to pay $2.5 billion, including a $244 million fine.

Robert Clifford, a Chicago lawyer who is representing families of passengers
killed in the Ethiopian crash, said Friday's incident raised questions of
whether regulators were too quick to let Max planes return to flying. He accused
Boeing of putting profits over safety.

"This is a company that went from being the gold standard in engineering
expertise and precision to now a company that seems like it's at the bottom of
the barrel," he said.



Boeing has estimated in financial reports that fallout from the two fatal
crashes has cost it more than $20 billion. It has reached confidential
settlements with most of the families of passengers who died in the crashes.

After a pause following the crashes, airlines resumed buying the Max. But the
plane has been plagued by problems unrelated to Friday's blowout.

Questions about components from suppliers have held up deliveries at times. Last
year, the FAA told pilots to limit use of an anti-ice system on the Max in dry
conditions because of concern that inlets around the engines could overheat and
break away, possibly striking the plane. And in December, Boeing told airlines
to inspect the planes for a possible loose bolt in the rudder-control system.

The plane involved in Friday's incident is brand-new -- it began carrying
passengers in November and has made only 145 flights, according to
Flightradar24, a flight-tracking service.

Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst and consultant, said if the Alaska
Airlines window blowout is traced to a manufacturing issue it would put more
pressure on Boeing to change its processes, and slow deliveries of new planes.

Aboulafia said, however, he doesn't expect any change in Boeing's sales of the
planes "unless the situation is worse than it seems." Airlines are snapping up
new, more fuel-efficient planes from both Boeing and Airbus to meet strong
demand for travel coming out of the pandemic.

Australian Associated Press

Read More:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Who is Elly Conway? And did Taylor Swift really write Argylle?

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Departed friend 'with us in spirit' at Summernats

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


GET MORE FROM THE CANBERRA TIMES


OUR JOURNALISTS WORK HARD TO PROVIDE LOCAL, UP-TO-DATE NEWS TO THE COMMUNITY:

 * Subscribe
 * Sign up for our newsletters
 * Follow us on Google News, Facebook , Instagram , Twitter and our Courts and
   Crime Facebook
 * Have your say and send a letter to the Editor

Share
FacebookTwitterWhatsappEmail
Copy

Most viewed


1

DEPARTED FRIEND 'WITH US IN SPIRIT' AT SUMMERNATS

2

'FRUSTRATING' SYSTEM KEEPING THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC RECORDS OUT OF SIGHT

3

NEIGHBOURS SHOCKED AS WOMAN DEAD, MAN IN HOSPITAL AFTER REPORTED STABBING

4

WHO IS ELLY CONWAY? AND DID TAYLOR SWIFT REALLY WRITE ARGYLLE?

5

IF YOU SAY YOU DON'T WANT THIS MAC AND CHEESE, YOU'RE LYING

6

CASH SEIZED AS DRUG IMPORTATION INVESTIGATION CONTINUES IN ACT

More from Latest News
Boeing faces new questions after plane's window blowout
56m ago
Homicide probe following fatal shooting
1hr ago
Rock theatre honours legend of Australia's Warumpi Band
1hr ago
Man arrested over three stabbings, woman critical
1hr ago
More from Latest News
Boeing faces new questions after plane's window blowout
56m ago
Homicide probe following fatal shooting
1hr ago
Rock theatre honours legend of Australia's Warumpi Band
1hr ago
Man arrested over three stabbings, woman critical
1hr ago
Roaring engines, modified cars converge on Braddon for fringe festival
2hrs ago
No comments
Weather bureau doing its best amid 'chaos', expert says
2hrs ago
More from Latest News
Boeing faces new questions after plane's window blowout
56m ago
Homicide probe following fatal shooting
1hr ago
Rock theatre honours legend of Australia's Warumpi Band
1hr ago
Man arrested over three stabbings, woman critical
1hr ago
Roaring engines, modified cars converge on Braddon for fringe festival
2hrs ago
No comments
Weather bureau doing its best amid 'chaos', expert says
2hrs ago
RECOMMENDED
Recommended by

Skip
Ads by





Advertisement

Ad








GET THE LATEST CANBERRA NEWS IN YOUR INBOX

Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date.

Email addressNotify me

We care about the protection of your data. Read our Privacy Policy.

Advertisement

Ad

Australian Community Media
ACM Website
Conditions of Use
Privacy
Terms and Conditions - Digital Subscription
Terms and Conditions - Newspaper Subscription


The Canberra Times
Contact
About Us
Working With Us
Today's Paper
Commenting Guidelines
Help Centre
Newsletters
App


Our Sites
Explore
View Insurance
Beevo
Place an Ad
Classifieds
Jobs
Tributes
Celebrations
Promo Codes
AgTrader
Whizz
Garage Sales


Submit
Send a Letter to the Editor
Send Us Your News



Subscribe to The Canberra Times

Subscribe


Ad