The plug and the aircraft’s surrounding doorframe are literally going under the microscope in a lab in Washington DC to determine what factors were at fault. NTSB has recovered the door plug ...

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 ...

an iteration of the DC-1 and DC-2, married reliability with performance and comfort in a way no other airplane had before. So much greater than the sum of its parts, an apt description for an ...

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 Boeing 737 Max 9 ...

Some on board described pieces of debris flying around and frigid air rushing in as the pilots made an emergency landing. No passengers were sitting directly adjacent to the door plug, but the ...

Decades after it was built, this DC-3 was still flying as N34, once operated by the FAA for navigation inspection and other missions. [Photo: dc3dakotahistory.org] The Douglas Aircraft Company was ...

The plug and the aircraft’s surrounding doorframe are literally going under the microscope in a lab in Washington DC to determine what factors were at fault. NTSB has recovered the door plug from ...