© Reuters. File photo: The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX, which was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage, is seen during its investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Portland,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing (NYSE:) said on Friday it believes required documents involving the opening and closing of a key part during production of a 737 MAX 9 that failed during a mid-air emergency were never created, according to a letter seen Reuters via biedexmarkets.com.
The National Transportation Safety Board said last month the door plug that flew off an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 jet mid-flight on Jan. 5 appeared to be missing four key bolts.
Boeing told U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell in a letter seen Reuters via biedexmarkets.com that “we have looked extensively and have not found any such documentation” and the planemaker’s working hypothesis is “the documents required by our processes were not created when the door plug was opened.”
