WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – After two crashes of Boeing 737 Max airplanes and a door plug that fell off of another, mid-flight, FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker testified before the House of Representatives about his agency’s oversight of Boeing.
The pair of 737 Max airplanes crashed in 2018 and 2019. The NTSB blamed the crash on the MCAS system, which automatically pushed the nose of the airplanes down, but pilots didn’t know about it.
In January, an Alaska Airlines flight with a Boeing 737 saw a door plug fall out in the air. An NTSB investigation found the 737 left Boeing’s factory without the bolts needed to keep the door attached…