After a year and half of investigating, the top U.S. aviation investigator formally determined that Boeing and its chief regulator were to blame for the Alaska Airlines blowout.

United Airlines said Monday that it has found loose bolts during inspections of its 737 Max 9 fleet in the wake of a door plug getting blown out of an Alaska Airlines plane over the weekend ...

Systemic failures led to a door plug flying off Alaska Airlines’ Boeing 737 Max, NTSB says By . Associated Press. Published June 25, 2025, 9:33 a.m. ET.

The NTSB released a summary of their investigation into the Alaska Airlines door plug blowout in 2024. It cited Boeing's failure to "provide adequate training, guidance, and oversight" to its workers.

The Boeing 737 Max 9 was about halfway to its cruising altitude and traveling at more than 400 mph (640 kph) when passengers described a loud “boom” and wind so strong it ripped the shirt off ...

The top section of 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 ...

The Max version of Boeing's bestselling 737 airplane has been the source of persistent troubles for the company since two of the jets crashed, one in Indonesia in 2018 and another in Ethiopia in ...