A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 arrives at Daniel Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 20, 2024.
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Engine hood falls off plane Southwest Airlines boeing company The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday that the Boeing 737-800 struck a flap while taking off from Denver International Airport.
The FAA said Southwest Airlines Flight 3695 was en route to Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport and returned safely to its gate in Denver at 8:15 a.m. local time. Southwest Airlines said passengers on the flight were transferred to another plane and were expected to arrive at their destination three hours late.
“Our maintenance team is inspecting the aircraft,” Southwest said. The FAA said it was investigating the incident. Southwest did not immediately respond when asked when the aircraft and engines last underwent maintenance.
In response to a request for comment, Boeing referred to Southwest’s statement.
When the fairing loss occurred, the F.A.A. investigation A separate incident occurred on Southwest Airlines in March. One of the flights veered off course while trying to land in New York and flew close to the air traffic control tower at LaGuardia Airport.
The plane was an older model of a Boeing 737, older than the Max jet. In January, a near-disaster occurred when a door jam blew off a nearly new Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 aircraft at 16,000 feet, putting Boeing under intense regulatory scrutiny.
Quality control issues at Boeing have escalated into safety concerns, slowing deliveries of new Max planes.Southwest Airlines and other major Boeing customers Unity said the issues affected their growth plans.
Long-awaited FAA certification of its 737 Max 7 and Max 10 models is also behind previous plans. Boeing replaced the chairman and chief executive of its commercial airplanes unit after Chief Executive Dave Calhoun said last month he would resign by the end of the year.
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