WASHINGTON, D.C. — Boeing said on Tuesday it plans to make design changes to prevent a future midair cabin panel blowout like the one in an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 flight in January that spun the planemaker into its second major crisis in recent years.
The National Transportation Safety Board and Boeing said officials still have not determined who removed and reinstalled that plane's door plug during production.Investigators have said the door plug in the new Alaska MAX 9 was missing four key bolts. Boeing , which has vowed to make key quality improvements, faced extensive questions about the production of the MAX 9 and lack of paperwork documenting the removal of the door plug.
'They are working on some design changes that will allow the door plug to not be closed if there's any issue until it's firmly secured,' Lund said.Lund said two Boeing employees who were likely involved in the opening of the door plug have been placed on paid administrative leave.The board also released 3,800 pages of factual reports and interviews from the ongoing investigation.Boeing has said no paperwork exists to document the removal of four key missing bolts.
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