Boeing execs, others grilled at hearing as feds probe Alaska Airlines midair blowout

The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday questioned key witnesses from Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems and the Federal Aviation Administration on the mid-air cabin panel blowout of an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 door plug in January.During the start of its two-day investigative hearing, the board released 3,800 pages of factual reports and interviews from the ongoing investigation.The incident badly damaged Boeing’s reputation and led to the MAX 9 being grounded for two weeks, a ban by the FAA on expand ...