Inspectors check the hole in the plane. (Source: SITA/National Transportation Safety Board via AP)
WASHINGTON – After extensive inspections, the Boeing Max series planes can take off again. However, experts do not believe that the security risk has been resolved.
Last weekend, US airlines Alaska Airlines and United Airlines resumed flight operations with some Boeing 737 Max 9 planes. The planes were grounded after part of the cabin broke off in mid-air on January 5 at an altitude of 5,000 meters.
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Ryanair aircraft during landing, taxiing and take-off (Source: Ryanair)
Airlines, regulators and Boeing say the planes are safe after inspection and maintenance. Still, critics continue to see serious questions about the Max series aircraft. The Max 8 had crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.
However, experts criticize the decision to put the plane back into service. “There’s no way I’m piloting a Max plane,” said Ed Pierson, a former Boeing executive. “I worked in the factory where they were built and I saw the pressure the employees were under to get the planes on sale as quickly as possible.”
Aviation safety experts see a deeper problem at Boeing and are calling for a culture change. Pierson sees the re-commissioning of Max 9 as “another example of bad decisions that put public safety at risk.” Boeing did not comment on Pierson’s comments.
“Instead of solving one problem and then waiting for the next one, you should solve them all,” criticizes the former engineer of the US Federal Aviation Administration Joe Jacobsen. He calls the re-registration of the plane premature. Jacobsen is sure that there will be problems with the Max aircraft again soon: “It might take a week. Maybe it’s the moon.”
2024-02-01 21:00:00
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