The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has criticized Boeing for holding a media event with around four dozen journalists in its Renton, Washington factory on June 25, which included brief comments about the Alaska Airlines 1282 accident.
Boeing is a party to the NTSB’s investigation of the Jan. 5 accident, which occurred when a plug exit violently departed a newly built 737 Max 9 shortly after takeoff from Portland International Airport in Oregon.
The NTSB is taking action against Boeing for its comments, including removing its access to the docket of information gathered through the investigation. The NTSB will subpoena any relevant records from Boeing and will not allow the plane maker to ask questions of witnesses at the planned August hearing into the accident.
The party system allows technical experts, such as the manufacturer of an aircraft involved in an accident, to help the NTSB gather and develop the facts around an investigation. The NTSB said this is the second time Boeing has violated party rules in the Alaska 1282 investigation.
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