Three passengers on the Alaska Airlines plane that had to make an emergency landing after a door plug blew off mid-flight are suing the airline and Boeing for $1 billion, claiming negligence ...

The door plug from the Alaska Airlines flight that was forced to return to to the airport in Portland, Oregon, shortly after takeoff was found in the backyard of a nearby home, the National ...

The National Transportation Safety Board says the plug covering an unused exit door that blew out minutes ... plug to cover an emergency exit that the airline doesn't use, The Associated Press ...

The airline did not disclose how many planes the malfunction was found on. Tuesday, Jan. 9 2 p.m.: The FAA announces that every Boeing 737 Max 9 with a plug door will remain grounded until the ...

The aviation industry is still in shock from a near disaster on Jan. 5, in which a 60-pound “door plug” blew out from ... safety record of the global airline industry, particularly since ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Investigators with the National ...

The door plug fell off shortly after Alaska Flight 1282 took off on Jan. 5. Four bolts designed to prevent the door plug from falling off the Boeing 737 Max 9 plane were missing before the plug ...

the airline announced on Wednesday. That got us wondering: what happens when an airplane is grounded with a fatal safety flaw, and what exactly is a door plug, anyway? What Went Wrong With Flight ...

Four key bolts were missing when a door plug blew off a Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet in midair last month. That's one of the findings of a preliminary investigation from the National Transportation Safety ...

Four bolts appear to be missing from the door plug that blew out of a Boeing 737 ... told lawmakers he would discuss safety issues with airline CEOs, according to Reuters. He repeated the need ...

The Boeing 737-900ER is not part of the newer Max fleet but has the same door plug design,” the agency’s statement said. It provided a link to the full order, which can be viewed by clicking here.

new video loaded: Physics Teacher Finds Alaska Airlines Door Plug in Backyard Bob Sauer found a teachable moment with his discovery of the missing Alaska Airlines plane part, describing the ...