The United States will hold hearings on the Boeing 737-9 Max passenger plane 'falling door' incident on August 6-7

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said it will hold a hearing from August 6 to 7 to investigate the door seal detachment incident of the Boeing 737-9 Max model. The purpose of the hearing is to clarify the facts, circumstances and potential causes of the accident and to make recommendations to improve traffic safety.

On the evening of January 5, local time, an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 aircraft left center and rear shortly after takeoff The emergency hatch suddenly detached from the fuselage, causing the cabin to instantly depressurize and all the oxygen masks to fall off.

Subsequently, Alaska Airlines announced that it would suspend the use of its 65 Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft as a precautionary measure. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also issued an order requiring all airlines to suspend operations of Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft and conduct comprehensive safety inspections of this model. It is said that this emergency airworthiness directive will affect approximately 171 aircraft.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into the flight accident that occurred on January 5. Sources said part of the investigation is to interview the pilots and flight attendants on the flight involved.

In addition, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) found after a six-week audit investigation of Boeing 737 Max passenger aircraft that Boeing The company has "many problems in quality control." Among the 89 audits, Boeing passed 56 and failed 33, accounting for more than 37% of the audits. A total of 97 audits were found. possible non-compliance.

The safety issues of Boeing aircraft have attracted attention from all walks of life. This site has compiled the many accidents that have occurred this year as follows:

On January 5, local time, after a Boeing 737 Max 9 took off from Portland, a door at the rear of the cabin designed to be used as an emergency exit suddenly fell off, causing the plane to have to make an emergency return.

• On January 18, local time, a Boeing 747-8 cargo plane took off from Miami International Airport. An engine fire occurred in the air a few minutes later, and it made an emergency landing;

• On January 24, local time, a Boeing 757 passenger plane was found to have its front wheel detached before taking off from Atlanta;

• On February 19, local time, a A Boeing 757 passenger plane flying from San Francisco to Boston discovered that one wing was damaged during the flight, so it made an emergency landing in Denver;

• ABC reported on March 7, local time, A Boeing 737 passenger plane flying from Houston, Texas to Fort Myers, Florida was forced to return due to a fire in one of its engines;

• On March 7, local time, a Boeing 737 A Boeing 777-200 flying from San Francisco to Osaka, Japan, lost a tire during the flight and was diverted to Los Angeles for an emergency landing 25 minutes after takeoff;

• On March 8, local time, a Boeing 737 MAX When the Type 8 passenger plane landed in Houston, Texas, it skidded off the runway during taxiing and crashed into the lawn next to the runway;

• On March 11, local time, a passenger plane flying from Sydney A Boeing 787-9 passenger plane bound for Auckland encountered technical problems and made a sudden landing during the flight, injuring about 50 passengers.

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