Investigators said the 737 left Boeing’s factory missing four bolts that were supposed to hold the door plug to the body of the aircraft. The NTSB said factory workers repaired another portion ...

A month after the door plug that blew off of an Alaska Airlines plane that took off from PDX, a report has found the incident was due to a manufacturing error. A ...

workers had removed the door plug to repair part of the plane’s fuselage, but failed to secure the panel back in place with needed bolts. Boeing (BA) last month said documents for the door plug ...

The plane maker was seeking to scale back a settlement with Justice Department.

United Airlines and Alaska Airlines found loose bolts ... door panel popped out from the fuselage shortly after takeoff from Portland International Airport, leaving an open hole in the side of the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Before a door plug fell from Alaska Airlines Flight 1281, an advisory light came on three times in the Boeing 737 Max 9. The new plane, delivered in October 2023 ...