The National Transportation Safety Board accused Boeing of being uncooperative in its investigation of a midflight door blowout.
Boeing came under federal investigation after an emergency door blew off midflight in January, endangering the passengers. At a Senate hearing on Wednesday, NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said that the agency had not received vital requested documents from the company.
“Boeing has not provided us with the documents and information that we have requested numerous times over the past few months, specifically with respect to opening, closing and removal of the door and the team that does that work at the Renton facility,” she said, adding that the NTSB’s attorney is involved.
Boeing was quick to contradict the accusation, saying that it has provided all relevant documentation and that any not provided doesn’t exist.
“Early in the investigation, we provided the NTSB with names of Boeing employees, including door specialists, who we believed would have relevant information,” Boeing said in a statement obtained by Axios.
“We have now provided the full list of individuals on the 737 door team, in response to a recent request. With respect to documentation, if the door plug removal was undocumented there would be no documentation to share,” it added.
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The NTSB disagreed, saying that the names of employees involved in installing the door plug were not provided to the agency. The team leader wasn’t able to be interviewed as they were away on medical leave.
Boeing has faced intense national scrutiny after the technical failure, which was heightened as even more technical problems came to light amid further scrutiny. The company fired the head of the Boeing 737 Max program last month.
