Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after mid-air window blowout

Re:Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after mid... by hef19898 on Saturday January 06, 2024 @06:21AM (#38890484)

KC-46: The USAF had Airbus tankers on order, before Boeing sued and the cinzract was, surprise, awarded to Boeing again. So the USAF and Boeing share equal blame here.

I have to read up on the F-15EX, generally so these kinds of upgrades are basically new designs and as such prone to delays and a bunch of technical issues. Especially for military aircraft.

Nothing to add on the MAX that wasn't said already. Boeing sure has its work cut out developing a new version, the existing 737 design is beyond its design life by now.

Well, if a plane crashes for unonown reasons, it is quite normal to ground the fleet, nothing special about Boeig here.

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Re:Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after mid... by Dalewyn on Saturday January 06, 2024 @06:26AM (#38890512)

USAF was (and I suspect still is, given KC-46) happy to go with Airbus, it was GAO[1][2] who intervened alleging corruption and mishandling to give Boeing the platter instead.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Accountability_Offi...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC-X

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Re:Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after mid... by hef19898 on Saturday January 06, 2024 @06:29AM (#38890537)

Thanks for reminding me, this is such old history facts get fuzzy in my memory.

Not to say that Airbus military plane record is spot less, but the A330 MRTT seems to be a decent plane.

I hate to see Boeing having all these problems, most of which are totally unnecessary.

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