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Boeing 737 MAX 9 Door Plug Incident- Latest Update

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Background As highlighted in our original commentary , in early January, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft flying at 16,000 feet experienced a main cabin decompression as a result of a rear exit fuselage door plug blowing out. The unidentified employee observation has caught the attention of Boeing management.

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Boeing’s Production Quality Crisis Significantly Escalates

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and internationally based airline customers are seeking a meeting directly with the company’s board of directors. According to the WSJ , board chairperson Larry Kellner and a selection of two other Boeing board members will participate in these meetings as soon as next week.

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Van Horne Institute Considers Alaska Transport Route, and Weighs Trump’s Plans for Keystone XL

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I went in to meet the group on Wednesday the day after the election. The Alberta government asked the Van Horne Institute to examine the case for building a railway from the Oil Sands fields of Fort McMurray to the Delta junction in Alaska. This leaves one option open: Go North. M barrels a day of bitumen.

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Boeing’s Financial Performance- External Pressures Increase

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Management Commentary As we have noted in prior updates, the latest being last week , the incident of a near catastrophic blowout of an Alaska Airlines newly delivered Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft has triggered a series of new events hat have added more scrutiny to Boeing ’s production and quality control processes.

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Boeing 737 MAX Door Plug Incident- Expanding Implications

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides an additional update on the incident involving an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft’s decompression. Boeing’s demands for lower prices left Spirit strapped for cash as managers panicked over meeting increasingly demanding deadlines.”

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Breaking News- Major Senior Leadership Change for Boeing

Supply Chain Matters

Since January’s incident involving an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX aircraft experiencing cabin de-pressurization because of a rear cockpit door blowout the crisis surrounding Boeing with airline customers, flyers, and major suppliers has only deepened.

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Contrasting Airbus and Boeing Q1-2024 Aircraft Delivery Performance

Supply Chain Matters

After the incident of a rear cabin door blowout of an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 8 aircraft that occurred in January, the U.S. Added Perspectives For Airbus , the challenge is one of scaling up to meet existing market demand and of overcoming needs for added skilled talent, addressing supply network availability and scale-up of capacity needs.