The manufacturer is already in trouble in the United States, where an aircraft door came loose mid-flight.
An All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 737-800, operating a domestic flight in Japan, returned to its point of departure on Saturday (Jan 13) after discovering a crack in the cockpit window, a spokesman said. A word from a Japanese airline.
Flight 1182 was headed to Toyama Airport but diverted to return to Sapporo-New Chitose Airport after cracks were identified on the exterior of four layers of windows around the cockpit, the spokesman said, adding that none of the 59 people were injured. passengers and six crew members. “The crack did not affect the control or pressure of the device,” he added.
All 737 MAX 9s grounded
The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), the American aviation regulatory authority, decided this Friday, January 12, to indefinitely extend the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 to conduct new safety checks and announced its intention to strengthen the supervision of the aeronautical group. .
Earlier in the week, part of the fuselage of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 operated by Alaska Airlines ALK.N broke off mid-flight, forcing the crew to turn back.
The plane had to land immediately and no one was injured, but several passengers filed complaints against the manufacturer, who admitted a “mistake”.
