Last year, an improperly attached door panel flew off of an Alaska Airlines airplane in midair. No one was hurt, but the incident sparked a fresh round of scrutiny for Boeing and the FAA.

Dozens of passengers on board Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 sued the airline and Boeing over a midflight blowout. Three cases ...

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Dig deeper: The blowout aboard Alaska Airlines flight 1282 occurred minutes after it took off from Portland, Oregon, on Jan. 5, 2024.

The National Transportation Safety Board is meeting Tuesday to determine probable cause of the door plug panel blowout that happened mid-air on an Alaska Airlines flight in January of 2024.

The board reviewed findings from its 17-month investigation into the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 incident, in which a door plug panel detached minutes after departure from Portland, Oregon.

On Tuesday, August 6, 2024, the National Transportation Safety Board opens a two-day hearing on the blowout of the door plug from the Alaska Airlines flight traveling 16,000 feet above Oregon.

The door plug from the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282’s Boeing 737-9 MAX airplane is shown at the National Transportation Safety Board laboratory, in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2024.