An aloha airlines flight attendant was sucked out of the jet and killed and 61.
Southwest boeing 737 roof.
Grounded all boeing max aircraft.
Safety officials are investigating how a 12 inch crack appeared in the skin of a boeing 737 jet operated by southwest airlines.
Southwest airlines began 2019 by celebrating its 46th straight year of profitability and a record setting 2 5 billion in profits.
But now southwest s bet on the boeing 737 max as its airplane.
Boeing engineers expected these joints to endure 60 000 flight cycles of takeoff and landing before they would need inspections but the southwest 737 that ruptured had completed only 39 871.
Boeing provided new details tuesday about the rupture that tore a hole in the roof of a southwest airlines 737 300 last friday and said it s confident there is no similar problem on the 737.
Boeing and southwest airlines conspired to hide flaws in the 737 max jet lawsuit alleges the lawsuit was filed on behalf of passengers who flew on the troubled plane between aug.
A southwest airlines boeing 737 max 8 jet flies over mesa ariz en route to phoenix s sky harbor international airport on march 13 2019 the day the u s.
Two of the 123 people on board suffered minor injuries.
In 1988 a boeing 737 blew open at 24 000 feet when a 20 foot section of the aircraft s upper fuselage ripped off.
But that may not be the case in the future.
Southwest airlines is grounding 79 of its boeing 737 planes after the ceiling of a flight out of phoenix tore open in mid air friday which prompted a sudden loss of cabin pressure a rapid.
Every plane in southwest airlines fleet is a boeing 737.