NTSB says Boeing could lose 737 MAX probe status if it violates rules again
) on Thursday it could lose its status as a party to the probe into a 737 MAX mid-air blowout after it violated rules by providing non-public information to media and speculating about possible causes.
"This disregard of the federal regulations and rules governing NTSB investigations cannot be tolerated," LeBaron wrote, noting the board had warned Boeing on March 13 about prior company comments. The NTSB said Boeing would no longer see information produced during its probe, which involved the mid-air blowout of an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 door plug with four missing bolts. Unlike other parties, Boeing will now not be allowed to ask questions of other participants at a hearing on August 6-7.
Separate to the issue with Lund, LeBaron said Boeing Chief Engineer Howard McKenzie during a U.S. Senate hearing this month made prohibited comments about a Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LeBaron said the NTSB"has not made any such determination, and our investigators have not yet ruled out design or manufacturing issues." Southwest declined to comment.
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