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

The NTSB final report into the Alaska Airlines door plug blow out revealed that two passengers due to be sitting next to the ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

Mid-exit door (MED) plug from Alaska Airlines Flight 1282. [Courtesy: NTSB] Inadequate training, guidance, and oversight on the part of the Boeing Company are to blame for the loss of the door ...

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 ...

The NTSB investigation over the past 17 months found that four bolts securing what is known as the door plug panel were removed and never replaced during a repair as the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft ...

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 ...

FILE - This image taken Jan. 7, 2024, and released by the National Transportation Safety Board, shows the section of a a Boeing 737 Max where a door plug fell while Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was ...

NTSB set to meet on door plug investigation of terrifying Alaska Airlines flight. The National Transportation Safety Board is set to hold a public meeting about the door plug panel that blew out ...