The
National Transportation Safety Board would like to know which Boeing employees
worked on the door panel that fell off an Alaska Airlines jet mid-flight.
But
Boeing’s CEO said he can’t tell the government agency.
Apparently,
the airline manufacturer did
not keep records about who worked on that particular plane.
True
or not, it still creates the impression that Boeing is impeding the
investigation.
“The absence of those records will complicate the NTSB’s
investigation moving forward,” National Transportation Safety Board Chair
Jennifer Homendy wrote in a letter to a Senate committee that is looking into
the Jan. 5 accident on the Boeing 737 Max 9.
Homendy told senators last week that the NTSB asked Boeing for security camera footage that might help identify who worked on the panel in September. She was told, however, that the company maintains a standard practice of erasing footage after 30 days and re-using the videotapes.
Boeing did provide the names of 25 employees who work on door panels but reportedly did not release the specific names of the employees who worked on that project.
She said she even called Boeing CEO David Calhoun.
“He stated he was unable to provide that information and
maintained that Boeing has no records of the work being performed,” Homendy
wrote.
She testified before Congress last week, prompting
a tersely worded letter to Boeing from Senator Maria Cantwell.
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