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   WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) - Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab said on   
   Friday it believes required documents detailing the removal 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 by Reuters.   
      
   The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said last month the door   
   plug that flew off an Alaska Airlines (ALK.N), opens new tab 737 MAX 9 jet   
   mid-flight on Jan. 5 appeared to be missing four key bolts.   
      
   Boeing Executive Vice President Ziad Ojakli told U.S. Senator Maria   
   Cantwell in the letter, "We have looked extensively and have not found any   
   such documentation" and that the planemaker's working hypothesis was "the   
   documents required by our processes were not created when the door plug   
   was opened."   
      
   NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy on Wednesday criticized what she called   
   Boeing's lack of cooperation and failure to disclose some documents,   
   including on the door plug opening and closing, as well as the names of 25   
   workers on the door crew at the 737 factory in Renton, Washington.   
   "It is absurd that two months later we don't have it," Homendy told a   
   Senate Commerce Committee hearing.   
      
   After Homendy's comments, Boeing provided the 25 names, the company and   
   NTSB said, and Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun spoke to Homendy.   
      
   In the aftermath of the incident, which caused no injuries, the Federal   
   Aviation Administration grounded the MAX 9 for several weeks in January,   
   barred Boeing from increasing the MAX production rate and ordered Boeing   
   to develop a comprehensive plan to address "systemic quality-control   
   issues" within 90 days.   
      
   Boeing's letter said, "It appears from our records this list was requested   
   from us for the first time on Saturday, March 2, by email, and the request   
   was discussed by Boeing and the NTSB on Monday."   
      
   Homendy said on Wednesday the NTSB had been trying for two months to   
   identify the specific MAX 9 production shift and employees, adding the   
   board had told key lawmakers about its request for employee names during a   
   Feb. 6 meeting.   
      
   "The NTSB needs to interview the employees," she said. "The only way we   
   ensure safety is to find out what happened - what was done, what was not   
   done."   
      
   NTSB investigators have been at the 737 plant since Sunday conducting   
   interviews.   
      
   Before Wednesday's hearing "Boeing was not aware of any complaints or   
   concerns about a lack of collaboration," Ojakli wrote, adding Boeing was   
   "committed to continuing to cooperate fully and transparently with the   
   NTSB’s investigation" and had provided "extensive records and documents."   
      
   He wrote that Boeing had previously provided names of dozens of employees   
   on or around "the subject airplane during key periods, such as the shifts   
   on which the door plug was opened and closed, including members of the   
   door crew."   
      
   Homendy plans to send the Senate her own letter detailing the NTSB's view   
   of Boeing's cooperation. An NTSB spokesperson did not immediately comment   
   on Friday but has said she stands by her testimony.   
      
   Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by William Mallard   
      
   https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-says-no-   
   documents-found-737-max-9-key-part-removal-2024-03-09/   
      
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