Systemic failures led to a door plug flying off a Boeing 737 Max, NTSB says The National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman says heroic actions by the crew aboard an Alaska Airlines flight ...

The nation's top safety investigators concluded there were multiple systemic failures that led to a midair blowout during the flight of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet last year.

The National Transportation Safety Board investigation over the past 17 months found that four bolts securing what is known as the door plug panel were removed and never replaced during a repair as ...

Systemic failures led to a door plug flying off a Boeing 737 Max, safety board says By Josh Funk, Associated Press | Posted - June 24, 2025 at 8:43 p.m.

Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems -- the company that made and installed the door plug -- are redesigning them with another backup system to keep the panels in place even if the bolts are missing, but ...

An Alaska Airlines 737 Max lost a fuselage piece mid-flight, prompting an NTSB investigation. The NTSB attributes the incident to failures in Boeing's training, guidance, and FAA oversight.

The National Transportation Safety Board has been investigating what went so catastrophically wrong just six minutes into the January 2024 flight from Oregon to California.

The NTSB chair said the 2024 mid-air incident wouldn't have happened if Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration had ...