The communications of the Boeing employees working on the door plug, previously unreported, help illuminate why it blew off during an Alaska Airlines flight on Jan 5. The factory was in disarray.

The mid-flight blowout of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane in January sent one of the world's top aerospace manufacturers into a tailspin. The big picture: The Alaska Airlines door plug incident prompted ...

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An curved arrow pointing right. Before a door plug fell from Alaska Airlines Flight 1281, an advisory light came on three times in the Boeing 737 Max 9. The new plane, delivered in October 2023 ...

Inspectors will look at whether those warnings were related to the failure of the door plug, but they are expected to focus on the manufacturing processes at Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems.

Now they're losing that bet, big time. If only Boeing’s problems were just about a nightmare flight — a screw loose, a blown-out door plug, and 177 people who will probably need therapy for ...

Aviation consultant Michael Boyd believes Trump is well aware of the problems reported at Boeing, from 737 production delays to the door plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines commercial flight in Jan ...

The National Transportation Safety Board questioned officials from Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems on safety culture, part of an investigation into what caused the Alaska Airlines 737 door ...

The 737-900ER is not part of the newer Max fleet but has the same door plug design, the agency said. “We grounded the Boeing 737-9 MAX within hours of the incident over Portland and made clear ...

The hearing was in response to a door plug that flew off a Boeing passenger jet mid-flight and forced an emergency landing. No one was killed, but the incident added to an already tumultuous ...