By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. National Transportation Safety Board investigation found ineffective actions by Boeing and ineffective oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration that led to a mid-air cabin panel blowout of a new 737 MAX 9 flight in January 2024 that spun the planemaker into a major crisis,

Flight JL8696/IJ004 – operated under a codeshare deal between Japan Airlines and its low-cost subsidiary Spring Airlines Japan – departed from the Shanghai Pudong airport in China for the Tokyo Narita airport in Japan but made an emergency landing at the Kansai airport in Osaka at around 8.50pm local time.

Aviation experts point out that the cutoff switches have safeguards that prevent them being turned off by mistake

The AI-171 initial crash report stated that after fuel supply to the engines was cut off using the fuel control switches, the aircraft began to lose altitude.

Boeing faces backlash after deadly crashes, stock prices plummet, while Airbus gains traction in Indian aviation market.

A preliminary report on the Air India crash highlights a potential fuel control switch issue. Data indicates the switches were briefly moved to 'CUTOFF' shortly after takeoff, despite pilot denial. An FAA bulletin warned of disengaged locking features on similar switches,

As aviation experts dig deeper into the causes of the sudden descent, the incident adds to a growing list of mid-air safety scares in 2025.

Boeing has reached a settlement with a man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 plane crash in Ethiopia.