A preliminary NTSB report into last month's Alaska Airlines incident says bolts that hold the door plug in place on the ...

Investigators found that four key bolts had been missing from the door plug to the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft when it took off from Portland, Oregon, on Jan. 5, 2024. The panel blew off at 16,000 ...

A preliminary federal report found that the door plug appeared to have been removed and then reinstalled at a Boeing factory without four bolts needed to keep it attached. The 737 Max 9 includes ...

Boeing delivered 180 fewer commercial aircraft in 2024 than 2023 after a torrid year which began with a door plug separating ...

One year ago, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9’s mid-cabin door-plug blew ... but when refitting the plug, Boeing’s employees failed to reinstall the four bolts intended to secure the ...

The likely cause of the door plug blow out was four missing bolts, which would normally hold the plug in place. In August 2023, the fuselage of the 737 Max, manufactured by Kansas-based Spirit ...

The FAA has been investigating Boeing alongside the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which in February revealed the lost door plug was missing several critical bolts. NTSB Chair ...