The final NTSB report on the Jan. 5, 2024, Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 inflight door-plug blowout pinpointed the manufacturer’s inadequate training and safety assurance processes and ineffective FAA ...

While it feels like Boeing has been the subject of an endless stream of worrying quality control discoveries, it's been 18 ...

The investigation has already revealed that bolts were never replaced after the door plug was removed during a repair.

The nation's top safety investigators concluded there were multiple systemic failures that led to a midair blowout during the ...

The NTSB released its synopsis of the final Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 report on 24 June 2025, heavily pinning the ...

The NTSB investigates a 2024 Alaska Airlines flight door blowout caused by missing bolts and Boeing inspection failures. All ...

The National Transportation Safety Board releases probable cause on midair door plug blow out on Alaskan Airlines Flight.

The National Transportation Safety Board found Boeing and the FAA responsible for "multiple system failures," leading to ...

Investigators concluded that the door panel on the newly manufactured Boeing 737 Max 9 had been removed to repair rivets on ...

The National Transportation Safety Board recommended more hands-on training and oversight at Boeing after an Alaska Airlines ...

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board is blaming systemic failures for a door plug blowout in the skies over Portland in January 2024.