The 737 Max remained in service for a day after the airline’s engineers, concerned about warning lights, scheduled it to come in for maintenance. During that period, a door plug came off in flight.

While it feels like Boeing has been the subject of an endless stream of worrying quality control discoveries, it's been 18 months since a door plug blew out on a Boeing 737 Max at 14,830 feet over ...

The plug on the Alaska Airlines jet was removed and the bolts taken off in a Boeing factory to repair rivets. Witnesses for Spirit and Boeing testified about safety systems and inspection processes.

NTSB says Boeing, FAA share blame for door plug flying off Alaska Airlines flight 02:37. The National Transportation Safety Board has issued new safety recommendations to the Federal Aviation ...

Another “safety” practice is to secure a cord with staples or wrap it around a structural member to keep it out of the way. The main problem with this “safety” practice is it ensures you damage the ...

The safety board’s investigation found earlier this year that the plane, a 737 Max 9, left the Boeing factory in Renton, Wash., missing bolts that should have held in place the door plug that ...

On January 6, as Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, a Boeing 737 MAX 9, was climbing out of Portland, a large section of the aircraft’s structure, a fuselage door-plug, broke free in flight. Search ...

This image taken Jan. 7, 2024, and released by the National Transportation Safety Board, shows the section of a Boeing 737 Max where a door plug fell while Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was in flight.

Nearly a year after a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 aircraft, Boeing says it has made strides improving safety for airline passengers. CNN values your feedback 1.

Embattled airplane manufacturer Boeing said it’s overhauling its bonus structure to tie payouts more closely to safety as it scrambles to recover from the crisis caused by the Alaska Air door… ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has wrapped up a two-day hearing on the January "door plug" blowout aboard a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane flown by Alaska Airlines.