How bad is Boeing's 2024 so far? Here's a timeline
In the first week of 2024, a Boeing 737 Max 9 passenger jet lost a rear door plug in midflight, terrifying people on board. The large door plug plummeted into the backyard of a high school science teacher in Portland, Ore. The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the grounding of similarly configured Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft for weeks.
"This incident should have never happened and it cannot happen again," the FAA said at the time.
The news hasn't gotten much better for Boeing, whose reputation was already tarnished by deadly crashes of its 737 Max 8 jets in 2018 and 2019, and a host of problems with its 787 Dreamliner a decade ago.
Ripple effects of the door plug incident quickly hit airlines that bought dozens of new 737 Max 9 airliners only to see them idled — and then face skepticism from passengers once the aircraft were cleared.
Though commercial air travel is , Boeing now faces renewed questions over its ability to meet quality and safety standards. Many of the same questions also center on the FAA's oversight of Boeing and the corporation's , from the U.S. role in helping Boeing sell planes
