The NTSB on Thursday released its final report on a midair door plug blowout on an Alaska flight last year and assigned ...

Investigators concluded that the door panel on the newly manufactured Boeing 737 Max 9 had been removed to repair rivets on the frame of the plug. When Boeing personnel replaced the plug, four bolts, ...

The National Transportation Safety Board determined that "multiple system failures," including poor practices at Boeing and poor oversight by the Federal Aviation Association, caused the Alaska ...

WASHINGTON, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday multiple systemic failures led to a mid-air door panel blowout of a Boeing jet last year, faulting ...

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ... US probe agency faults Boeing, FAA in 737 MAX door plug blowout. Xinhua | June 26, 2025 2025-06-26 ...

Inadequate training and supervision at Boeing cited as root cause of 2024 mid-air door plug incident FAA faulted for failing to correct Boeing’s kn ...

The National Transportation Safety Board recommended more hands-on training and oversight at Boeing after an Alaska Airlines jet came apart in flight.

NTSB chair says systemic failures led to door plug flying off Boeing 737 Max plane midflight after it left Portland International Airport.

Members of the NTSB examine the hole in the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max flight in which a door plug blew out on January 7, 2024. NTSB/Getty Images Washington, D.C. CNN — ...

NTSB staff also told the board that Boeing didn't have strong enough safety practices in place to ensure the door plug was properly reinstalled, and the FAA inspection system did not do a good job ...

In the NTSB’s preliminary findings, it was revealed that four bolts that hold the door plug in place on the Boeing 737 Max were missing at the time of the plane’s delivery to Alaska Air in ...

NTSB holds hearing on Boeing door plug blowout The National Transportation Safety Board held a hearing to determine the probable cause of the Alaska Airlines flight door plug blowout in 2024.