The inspections should focus on "mid-exit door plugs," the FAA said in a statement, referring to the same type of panel that detached from Alaska Airlines Flight 1282. The Boeing 737-900ER is used ...

T he Boeing 737 family has served as the backbone of short- to medium-haul air travel for decades. With each new variant, ...

In a statement issued Sunday, the FAA said it is recommending that airlines that operate Boeing 737-900ER jets "visually inspect mid-exit door plugs ... involved in the Alaska Airlines' mid ...

The National Transportation Safety Board says the plug covering an unused exit door that blew out minutes into an Alaska Airlines ... after takeoff "after a mid-cabin door plug ...

Advertising “To open the mid exit door plug, the two vertical movement ... most airlines, including Alaska and United, instead have this permanent plug. To a passenger seated at that location ...

United Airlines has found loose bolts within the paneled-over exit doors of some of ... model on which a “plugged” exit door panel blew off during an Alaska Airlines flight late Friday.

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX faced an emergency today after one of its doors blew open mid-air, minutes after take-off. Videos taken by passengers show the mid-cabin exit door had ...

The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the grounding of 171 Boeing airplanes for inspection on Saturday, after part of a jet’s wall blew out in midair on a flight Friday and caused a ...

Jan 8 (Reuters) - Aviation services provider AAR Corp (AIR.N), opens new tab said on Monday it did not perform any work on or near the mid-cabin exit door plug of the Alaska Air (ALK.N), opens new ...

Alaska Airlines and United Airlines canceled hundreds of flights after one of Alaska Airline's Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft suffered a mid-air incident when an unused door exit blew out, requiring ...

Alaska Airlines ... on Friday after a door plug detached during Flight 1282 from Portland to Ontario, California. The door panel, which covers an extra emergency exit that is only operable on ...

A passenger's attempt to open an emergency exit forced a Houston-bound plane to divert to Seattle, where police responded to ...