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Missing part of Boeing 737 Max 9 plane that blew off mid-flight is found

A Portland school teacher named Bob reached out to the agency after he found the missing Boeing 737 MAX 9 fuselage door plug in his yard, NTSB ...

Inside Boeing's 737 Factory Disarray Before the Door Plug Blowout

Factory logs indicate missed procedures, confusion and delays during the production of the jet that later burst open in flight.

The Questions in the Wake of Boeing's Plug-Door Fiasco

In 2018 and 2019, two Boeing 737 Max 8 jets crashed right after takeoff, killing 346 people. In response, all Boeing Max jets were grounded ...

The Boeing 737 Max with a door plug blowout was behind schedule

It took Boeing 18 days to fix the door plug that eventually gave out during an Alaska Airlines flight.

Flaws, fighting and a mystery 'move crew' set stage for Boeing blowout

A panel has been removed that covered the door plug on a Boeing 737-9 Max parked near an Alaska Airlines hangar at SEA Thursday, January 11, ...

DOJ Opens Investigation Into Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 ...

The investigation determined that the bolts used to attach the door plug to the fuselage were missing at the time of the incident. Boeing had ...

737-9 Updates - The Boeing Company

On January 5, a mid-exit door plug departed one of our 737-9 airplanes mid-flight because of a quality escape that occurred in our factory. We immediately took ...

Boeing to upgrade inspections after 737 MAX 9 door plug blows out ...

(KSNW) – Boeing will open its doors to more and outside inspectors after the Jan. 9 incident where a door plug blew out mid-flight. While nobody ...

Missing door 'plug' may hold clues to how hole blew open on Alaska ...

Last year, Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems discovered improperly drilled fastener holes in a bulkhead that keeps 737 Max jets pressurized at ...

"Unplanned" removal, installation inspection procedure at Boeing

The door plug on the Boeing 737-9 MAX isn't supposed to separate from the airplane in flight, as it did on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Jan. 5 this year.

Boeing, not supplier, mis-installed piece that blew off Alaska Airlines ...

Passengers on Flight 1282 were traumatized when a door-sized section of the 737 MAX 9 fuselage exploded out 16,000 feet over Portland. The door ...

NTSB confirms door plug bolts were missing on Boeing 737-9 MAX

The emergency exit door plug separated from the two-month-old Boeing 737-9 MAX due to faulty installation, the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed.

Boeing 737 MAX 9 door plug bolts appeared to be missing on ...

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 ...

Transcript of NTSB Hearing for Boeing 737 MAX Door Plug Blowout

The incident, which resulted in a rapid decompression due to the left mid-exit door plug departing the aircraft, prompted a thorough ...

Whitaker To Explain FAA Role In Door Plug Mishap - AVweb

FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker is being called on the carpet to explain the FAA's role in the Boeing 737 MAX door plug blowout last January.

Alaska Airlines blowout: Passenger describes being on Flight 1282

In a preliminary investigation US regulators found four critical bolts - meant to hold the so-called door plug in place - were missing from the ...

Inside Boeing's Factory Lapses That Led To the Alaska Air Blowout

The Seattle Times reports that the "door plug" incident "was caused by two distinct manufacturing errors by different crews" in a Boeing assembly plant in ...

Boeing exec out after 737 Max door plug failure - Fox Business

Boeing is replacing the head of its 737 Max program at the company's Renton, Washington, facility as it deals with the fallout from an ...

Boeing 737 MAX - Wikipedia

Further investigations revealed the FAA and Boeing had colluded on recertification test flights and attempted to cover up important information, and that the ...

Missing bolts found on door panel of Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet mid-flight

A door blew away from a Boeing 737 Max shortly after take-off, possibly due to improper securing, according to a new report.