An NTSB investigation over the past 17 months found that bolts securing what is known as the door plug panel were removed and never replaced during a repair. And the board found bigger problems, too ...

The NTSB is set to unveil its findings about what caused a door plug to blow out of a Boeing 737 MAX jet in midair last year.

NTSB says systemic failures led to door plug flying off 737 Max plane midflight The blow out during Alaska Airlines flight 1282 happened minutes after it took off from Portland in January of 2024.

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 ...

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 ...

Four flight attendants who were onboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, where the door plug blew out in January 2024, are now suing Boeing.