The blame for a horrifying mid-flight blowout of a door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight last year is shared by plane manufacturer Boeing, its supplier Spirit Aerosystems and the Federal Aviation ...

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

The mid-exit door plug separated from the Boeing 737 Max 9 passenger plane on Jan. 5, 2024, minutes after Flight 1282 took ...

The National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman says heroic actions by the crew aboard an Alaska Airlines flight ensured ...

One of a team of 24 had opened a door-plug before, but he was on vacation — leading the NTSB to criticise Boeing's on-the-job ...

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

After a year and half of investigating, the top U.S. aviation investigator formally determined that Boeing and its chief ...

The NTSB is calling out Boeing for improper training and oversight of its factory workers that caused the 2024 Alaska Airlines door plug incident.

The NTSB has found that systemic failures, including missing bolts securing the door plug, led to the door plug blowout on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 in January 2024.

The National Transportation Safety Board said Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration could have done more to ensure ...

In this National Transportation Safety Board handout photo, plastic covers the exterior of the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, a Boeing 737 Max, on January 7, 2024 in Portland, Ore.

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