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Alaska Airlines flight: Cockpit audio is lost, and a mysterious warning light is investigated
There was nothing on the cockpit voice recorder,” Homendy said. Alaska and United airlines have found problems with door plugs on their Boeing 737 Max 9 jets after the blowout of the same piece ...
Los Angeles Times1y
Alaska blowout Q&A: What’s a door plug? How does an iPhone survive a 3-mile fall?
Transportation officials say the midair blowout on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 could have been calamitous if it had happened a little later in the flight. Jan. 7, 2024 But what exactly is a door ...
CBS News1y
Here's what to know about the Boeing 737 Max 9, the jet that suffered an inflight blowout
The "door plug" that flew off during Friday's flight was in use because the Alaska Airlines' jet was configured to hold fewer than the maximum 220 passengers that could be packed onto a 737 Max 9.
New York Post1y
Alaska Airlines flight was headed for maintenance the same day door plug blew off: report
The Alaska Airlines Boeing jet involved in a near-disaster when a door plug blew out at 16,000 feet had been scheduled to undergo maintenance that night, it has emerged. The Boeing 737 MAX 9 ...
New York Post1y
Alaska Airlines plane whose door blew off mid-flight was missing bolts when it left factory: report
The Alaska Airlines jet whose door blew off in mid-air was apparently missing bolts that should have been installed by Boeing employees when it rolled off of the aircraft manufacturer’s assembly ...
ABC News1y
Alaska Airlines timeline: How incident involving missing door plug unfolded
A defective door plug on an Alaska Airlines plane forced an emergency landing. The defective door plug on an Alaska Airlines plane that forced an emergency landing as a door-sized hole opened up ...
CBS News1y
3 passengers on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 where door plug blew out sue the airline and Boeing for $1 billion
Three passengers on the Alaska Airlines plane that had to make an emergency landing after a door plug blew off mid-flight are suing the airline and Boeing for $1 billion, claiming negligence ...
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Boeing is withholding key details about door plug on Alaska 737 Max 9 jet, NTSB says
The report found the door plug was opened to allow for repair ... "Since the first moments following the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 accident, we have worked proactively and transparently to ...
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Investigative hearing on Alaska Airlines door plug blowout resumes
(NewsNation) — The National Transportation Safety Board’s two-day investigative hearing into the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines midflight door plug blowout continues Wednesday on Capitol Hill with ...
The New York Times1y
Alaska Airlines Flight Was Scheduled for Safety Check on Day Panel Blew Off
By Mark Walker and James Glanz A day before the door plug blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight on Jan. 5, engineers and technicians for the airline were so concerned about the mounting evidence ...
USA Today1y
Door plug from Alaska Airlines flight found in schoolteacher's backyard, officials say
The door plug from the Alaska Airlines flight that was forced to return to to the airport in Portland, Oregon, shortly after takeoff was found in the backyard of a nearby home, the National ...