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Alaska Airlines CEO says company found loose bolts on ‘many’ Boeing Max 9s

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CNN, NBC, ELIZABETH, POOL, NTSB By Ramishah Maruf, Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci revealed the carrier found “some loose bolts on many” Boeing 737 Max 9s in an interview for “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” on Tuesday.

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  1. NBC News

    Alaska Airlines CEO: We found 'many' loose bolts on our Max 9s following near-disaster (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    "I'm angry," said Alaska CEO Ben Minicucci. "This happened to Alaska Airlines. It happened to our guests and happened to our our people."

  2. Digital Journal

    Alaska Airlines finds many loose bolts on its Boeings as United questions orders (opens Digital Journal)

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    Boeing came under renewed pressure Tuesday as the head of Alaska Airlines said inspections carried out after a dangerous incident had found many loose

  3. Insider

    Safety inspection reveals 'many' loose bolts on Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9s after door flew off mid-flight (opens Insider)

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    The inspection came after an in-flight emergency in which a door plug came loose and a window blew out.

  4. KVIA El Paso

    Alaska Airlines CEO says company found loose bolts on ‘many’ Boeing Max 9s (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    CNN, NBC, ELIZABETH, POOL, NTSB By Ramishah Maruf, Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci revealed the carrier found “some loose bolts on many” Boeing 737 Max 9s in an interview for “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” on Tuesday.

  5. The Daily Dot

    Alaska Airlines report that 'many' of their Boeing planes were found to have 'loose bolts' has memes flying online (opens The Daily Dot)

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    After the airline's 'loose bolts' confession, you better believe the jokes are flying — because these planes probably shouldn’t be.

  6. Blaze Media

    Alaska Airlines finds ‘loose bolts on many’ of its Boeing planes following in-house inspection, CEO says (opens Blaze Media)

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    Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci told NBC News Tuesday that the airline found “loose bolts on many” of its Boeing planes following an in-house inspection.Earlier this month, an Alaska Airlines flight from Portland International Airport to Ontario, California, was forced to make an emergency landing…

  7. WHEC Rochester

    Alaska Airlines CEO: We found 'many' loose bolts on our Max 9 planes following near-disaster (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    The CEO of Alaska Airlines said new, in-house inspections of the carrier’s Boeing 737 Max 9 planes in the wake of a near-disaster earlier this month revealed that “many” of the aircraft were found to have loose bolts.

  8. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Alaska, United Airlines say loose bolts found on Boeing Max 9s during inspections after door blowout (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    ABC 7 Los Angeles's feed description

    The CEOs for Alaska Airlines and United Airlines say they found loose bolts on Boeing 737 Max 9s during recent inspections.

  9. ABC 7 New York

    Alaska Airlines CEO says company found loose bolts on 'many' Boeing Max 9s after door blowout (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci revealed the carrier found "some loose bolts on many" Boeing 737 Max 9s

  10. Fortune

    Boeing’s outlook just got a whole lot worse: Alaska Airlines CEO says it found loose bolts on ‘many’ planes, while United Airlines blasts delays (opens Fortune)

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    "It makes you mad that we're finding issues like that on brand new airplanes."

  11. New York Post

    Alaska Airlines CEO says loose bolts found on ‘many’ of its planes after near-disaster (opens New York Post)

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    The CEO of Alaska Airlines has ripped Boeing in the wake of the recent near-disaster, revealing that loose bolts were found on “many” 737 MAX 9 planes – as the FAA chief said the agency has “boots …

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