United Airlines and Alaska Airlines found loose bolts and other hardware ... Spirit makes the body for the 737 Max, including installing the door plugs on models configured not to use the optional ...

An Alaska Airlines 737 MAX suffered a terrifying mid-flight door plug failure, forcing an emergency landing. Looking back, pilots analyze the ATC communications and the crew’s life-saving response.

The plane maker was seeking to scale back a settlement with Justice Department.

However, the Department Of Justice decided that Boeing violated the deal when systemic quality control issues were exposed after a door plug blew out on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max last year.

US authorities have grounded most of Boeing’s 737 Max 9 ... with installed door plugs, comprising the vast majority of the roughly 218 Max 9s in service around the world. Alaska and United ...

Lawmakers have been scrutinizing the company since a January 2024 mid-air emergency involving a new 737 MAX 9 that was ...

Exterior photos suggested the missing section was an aft door ... Alaska Airlines says it will hold Boeing ‘accountable’ for quality control FAA blocks Boeing from ramping up 737 Max 9 ...

In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge after two fatal 737 MAX crashes and ... in-flight blowout of a door panel on an Alaska Airlines' ALK.N jet that ...

Both crashes preceded the Alaska Airlines incident in Jan. 2024, when a door plug fell out of the fuselage of a Boeing 737 Max 9, a newer model, after departure.