Boeing is being penalized by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for what the board says were violations of NTSB regulations governing its investigation of the Jan. 5 blowout of a door plug on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9.
The NTSB said in late June that Boeing “blatantly violated NTSB investigative regulations, and Boeing’s signed party agreement with the NTSB” when a company executive provided investigative information to the media and analyzed previously released factual information.
In response, the NTSB said that, although Boeing retains its status as a party to the investigation, the company would be denied access to investigative information produced by the NTSB as it develops a factual record of the accident.
The board said it also would subpoena Boeing to appear at an investigative hearing on the case in August but that Boeing, unlike other parties to the investigation, would not be permitted to ask questions.
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