The NTSB determined that inadequate Boeing training, guidance, and oversight led to the in-flight separation of a Boeing 737 Max 9 door plug, due to missing bolts from improper reinstallation ...

Investigators determined only one of two dozen Boeing team members responsible for repairing and maintaining the 737 doors was trained to operate this type of door plug, and he was on vacation ...

While it feels like Boeing has been the subject of an endless stream of worrying quality control discoveries, it's been 18 months since a door plug blew out on a Boeing 737 Max at 14,830 feet over ...

The mid-exit door plug separated from the Boeing 737 Max 9 passenger plane on Jan. 5, 2024, minutes after Flight 1282 took off from Portland International Airport.

Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems — the company that made and installed the door plug — are redesigning them with another backup system to keep the panels in place even if the bolts are missing ...

Investigators revealed that since the door plug incident, the F.A.A. had increased its team of safety inspectors dedicated to Boeing facilities from 34 to 55, and that hiring was ongoing.

Boeing will be back in the hot seat Tuesday as the National Transportation Safety Board holds a hearing to present its findings from an investigation into the terrifying incident in which a door ...

The lower section of the door plug is seen in an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft awaiting inspection at the airline's facilities, Jan. 10, 2024, in SeaTac, Wash.

Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems have completed engineering work for a design change to 737 Max mid-cabin door plugs, part of the airframer’s efforts to prevent a repeat of the January ...

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 ...

Boeing factory workers told NTSB investigators they felt pressured to work too fast and were asked to perform jobs they weren’t qualified for, including opening and closing the door plug on the ...

FILE - This image taken Sunday, 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 ...