Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday said evidence shows four bolts that hold the door plug in place on the Boeing 737 Max 9 were missing at the time of last month’s ...

In response, the FAA grounded the Max 9 for nearly a month and halted Boeing's production expansion of the 737 Max. Four bolts appeared to be missing on a door plug that blew off from a Boeing 737 ...

In January 2024, then Federal Aviation Administration chief Mike Whitaker imposed the 38 planes per month production cap after a door panel missing four key bolts flew off a new Alaska Airlines ...

Apreliminary federal report found that the door plug appeared to have been removed and then reinstalled at a Boeing factory without four bolts needed to keep it attached. That and other revelations ...

Several bolts were missing from a door plug that blew out mid-flight from an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 plane in January, a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board ...

A whistleblower alleges Boeing is to blame for the door plug issues on an Alaska Airlines jet. The Boeing Co. door plug panel that blew off during an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this month may ...

Perhaps the most inflammatory action was Boeing’s framing of the ongoing investigation to identify how and why four bolts which would have prevented the door plug from coming loose were not ...

United Airlines and Alaska Airlines found loose bolts and other ... to the failure of the door plug, but they are expected to focus on the manufacturing processes at Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems.

Trump Transportation Nominee Will Keep Boeing 737 MAX Production Cap ... 38 planes per month production cap after a door panel missing four key bolts flew off a new Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9.