PORTLAND, Ore. — The depressurization incident on Alaska Airlines flight 1282 over Portland put an disconcerting spotlight on door plugs, a little-known component on certain aircraft including the ...

A panel called a door plug may have blown off an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 jet shortly after takeoff on Friday because four critical bolts meant to keep it in place were missing or improperly ...

(CNN) — In the aftermath of last week’s Alaska Airlines in-flight emergency, some aviation experts are questioning the structural design of the section of the Boeing 737 Max 9 that blew off the plane.

Four bolts designed to prevent the door plug from falling off the Boeing 737 Max 9 plane were missing before the plug blew off during an Alaska Airlines flight last month, the National Transportation ...

Bolts that helped secure a panel to the frame of a Boeing 737 Max 9 were missing before the panel blew off the Alaska Airlines plane last month, according to accident investigators. The National ...

Inspections and a federal investigation are underway after a door plug detached in-flight on an Alaska Airlines plane bound for Southern California. The blowout, shortly after takeoff Friday night ...

This photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows a gaping hole where the paneled-over door had been at the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, Jan. 7, 2024 in ...

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Investigators from the NTSB examine the door plug from Alaska Airlines flight 1282, a Boeing 737 9 Max. Photo Credit: Courtesy of the National Transportation Safety Board. The bolts from the exit-door ...

The four bolts intended to secure the door plug that failed on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 in January were missing at the time plug blew out, causing a rapid de-pressurisation. That is ...

Investigators at the National Transportation Safety Board say they have recovered the "door plug" that blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 airplane Friday night — and hope it will yield important clues about ...