Boeing said last year that it is making design changes intended to prevent a repeat of the door-plug blow-out, with plans to introduce changes on newly manufactured jets and offer to retrofit in ...

NTSB says systemic failures led to door plug flying off 737 Max plane midflight The blow out during Alaska Airlines flight 1282 happened minutes after it took off from Portland in January of 2024.

This image taken Jan. 7, 2024, and released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows a section of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 that is missing a panel on a Boeing 737-9 MAX in Portland ...

NTSB - PHOTO: NTSB investigators have recovered the door plug from the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX, flight 1282 that was found in the backyard of a home in Portland, Oregon.

Three Alaska Airlines passengers settled their $1 billion lawsuit against Boeing and the airline after a door plug blew out midflight on a 737 MAX 9 jet in January 2024.

The blow out during Alaska Airlines flight 1282 happened minutes after it took off from Portland International Airport in January 2024.

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 ...

This image shows the section of a Boeing 737 Max where a door plug blew out while Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was at 16,000 feet in January.