U.S. safety investigators called for urgent action to be taken in response to an engine issue on Boeing Co. 737 Max aircraft that can lead to smoke in the cockpit or cabin. The National ...

The investigation has already revealed that bolts were never replaced after the door plug was removed during a repair.

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

Systemic failures led to a door plug flying off a Boeing 737 Max, NTSB says The National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman says heroic actions by the crew aboard an Alaska Airlines flight ...

Boeing created no paperwork for the removal of the 737 MAX 9 door plug - a piece of metal shaped like a door covering an unused emergency exit - or its re-installation during production, and did not ...

The 737 MAX 9's weight and length cause its long takeoff roll. These issues were also experienced by the 737-900ER.