None of the 24 people on the door team was ever trained to remove a door plug and only one of them had ever removed one before. That person was on vacation when it was done on the plane at issue.

The door malfunction could have killed all 177 people onboard the Alaska Airlines flight, which occurred just six minutes after takeoff from Portland, Oregon.© KPTV ...

The heroic actions by the crew of Alaska Airlines flight 1282 ensured everyone survived last year when a door plug panel flew off the plane shortly after takeoff, leaving a gaping hole that sucked ...

We do need to return back. We have 177 passengers. Our fuel is 18,900 pounds, and we have 177 passengers on board. In the main cabin, *** 15 year old boy's shirt is ripped off by the fast moving wind.

Missing bolts put the focus on Boeing’s manufacturing The panel that blew off was was removed at a Boeing factory so workers could repair damaged rivets, but bolts that help secure the door plug ...

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

The NTSB investigation over the past 17 months found that four bolts securing what is known as the door plug panel were removed and never replaced during a repair as the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft ...