Plug doors are held in place by the higher pressure inside the aircraft. What happened on Alaska Airlines flight 1282 involved a door plug, which is held by bolts.

Though the incident involved a different aircraft type, it reignited public curiosity—and concern—over door plug integrity. While the 737-900ER and the MAX 9 are structurally different, both ...

A plug-type door physically cannot be opened unless the pressure is equal on both sides of the door. ... but can also be found on other aircraft types as well, such as the Airbus A321neo.

Five hours of testimony at the NTSB hearing on a January 2024 door-plug accident reveals it could have been much worse.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators on Tuesday made new safety recommendations following the Jan. 5, 2024, ...

Missing door plug from Alaska Airlines flight found 03:15. ... to re-accommodate them on other flights and in some cases have been able to avoid cancellations by switching to other aircraft types." ...

A new 737 Max door plug design is engineered to make it more difficult for factory workers to install the door plug ...

Boeing is redesigning the fuselage component that blew out of a nearly new 737 Max 9 aircraft mid-flight in January, as the planemaker seeks to draw lessons from the accident that has thrown it ...

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.

Plug doors are held in place by the higher pressure inside the aircraft. What happened on Alaska Airlines flight 1282 involved a door plug, which is held by bolts.