A door panel that flew off a Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet mid-flight on Jan. 5 appeared to be missing four key bolts, according to a preliminary report from U.S. investigators that provided the first ...

Of the 200-plus 737 MAX 9 planes Boeing has delivered, 189 have this panel in place of a door, according to FlightRadar24. In the United States, the carriers using that panel are United and Alaska.

Boeing has delivered 200-plus Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes, of which 171 have a door plug panel instead of an emergency door. Before U.S. airlines can resume flying the planes, ...

♬ original sound – vy 🍓. Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was headed from Portland to Ontario, Calif. when the door panel blew out. The plane was at an altitude of 16,000 feet when it headed ...

A pilot on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 is opening up for the first time about the terrifying moments when a door panel blew out of the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft in mid-flight in January.

Last weekend Alaska Airlines and United Airlines resumed flying some of their Boeing Max 9 planes, all of which were grounded after a door panel on a Max 9 blew out in midair Jan. 5.

The panel that came off the plane, called a door plug, is placed where an emergency exit door would be if a jet had more seats. Ms. Homendy said on Monday that four bolts, ...

The Alaska Airlines plane that had a door panel fall off midair in January had been scheduled to undergo maintenance later that night, the airline confirmed Tuesday. The incident on Flight 1282 ...

The door panel on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 that fell off midair had no bolts installed on the door plug, according to preliminary findings released Tuesday by the National Transportation ...

Key Background. Last week, Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was forced to make an emergency landing in Portland after a door plug blew off the plane shortly after it had taken off. A door plug is used ...