Alaska Airlines Flight 334—a 737 MAX-9, registration N948AK—bound from Atlanta’s Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport (ATL) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) diverted to Washington State’s Spokane International Airport (GEG) after an as-of-yet unnamed passenger seated in the 737’s first-class section made a direct threat against the aircraft and its occupants.
Boeing, the Arlington, Virginia (nee Chicago, nee Seattle) aerospace giant is making ready to increase its sourcing of aircraft components from India. The move leverages the south-Asian nation’s booming economy and skilled workforce to the benefit of the plane-maker’s production schedules and bottom-line.
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