Panel found missing from Boeing plane after California flight
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00:00 It's another episode in the series of Boeing 737 mishaps.
00:04 United Flight 433, which was carrying 139 passengers and six crew members,
00:11 safely flew from San Francisco to Oregon Friday, but after landing, an external panel on the plane
00:17 was found missing during a routine inspection before the next flight,
00:22 prompting an investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.
00:27 The missing panel was located on the aircraft's underside where the wing meets the fuselage
00:32 and right next to the landing gear.
00:34 The runway and airfield were checked for debris, but none was found.
00:38 According to the FAA, this plane is part of the series preceding the MAX and is 25 years old.
00:45 The inspection follows another Boeing incident earlier this week,
00:49 where a plane flying from Sydney to Auckland made a mid-air dive, injuring 50 people.
00:56 Boeing has faced increasing pressure over quality control in its production process
01:00 after a door plug blew off a 737 MAX 9 jet back in January.
01:06 The FAA conducted 89 audits of Boeing's manufacturing procedure over six weeks,
01:12 to find Boeing failing 33 of them,
01:14 with reports of 97 instances of non-compliance with the approved manufacturing procedures.
01:21 Boeing responded to the audit promising changes and said it would work with employees
01:25 who violated the company's production rules to make sure they understand instructions clearly.