Korean Air pre-emptively inspects 6 Boeing-like aircraft with ``holes in flight''

Recently, in connection with an accident in the United States where a hole was punched in the fuselage of a Boeing 737-MAX9 during flight, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an inspection recommendation for similar aircraft, and Korean Air (
003490) conducts a pre-emptive inspection of similar models. According to the airline industry, on the 24th, Korean Air conducted a special inspection of six Boeing 737-900ER aircraft in its fleet.
The plan is to implement it. The FAA announced on the 21st that it is recommending that airlines that own the 737-900ER conduct visual inspections to determine if the door plugs are stuck.
. Boeing has delivered a total of 505 737-900ERs to airlines around the world. Among South Korean airlines, Korean Air is the only one operating this type of aircraft.
Prior to this, on the 5th, an accident occurred when a door plug came off on an Alaska Airlines passenger plane that took off from Portland, Oregon, with 177 people on board. F
According to the AA, the same type of door plug is also used on the 737-900ER, the previous model of the 737-MAX 9 where the accident occurred.
A Korean Air official said, ``We have been conducting regular detailed inspections of the 737-900ER aircraft for several years.
We have carried out three to four inspections per aircraft, and no safety-related abnormalities have been discovered."In line with this recommendation, we plan to pre-emptively carry out special inspections on all six aircraft."