A new 737 Max door plug design is engineered to make it more difficult for factory workers to install the door plug ...

The AS1282 incident in 2024 won't occur again with this new door plug. Here's how, and why was this change necessary?

The investigation has already revealed that bolts were never replaced after the door plug was removed during a repair.

The NTSB has found that systemic failures, including missing bolts securing the door plug, led to the door plug blowout on ...

This image taken Jan. 7, 2024, and released by the National Transportation Safety Board, shows the section of a Boeing 737 Max where a door plug fell while Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was in flight.

A panel used to plug an area reserved for an exit door on the Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner blew out Jan. 5, shortly after the flight took off from Portland, forcing the plane to return to Portland ...

The NTSB investigation over the past 17 months found that four bolts securing what is known as the door plug panel were removed and never replaced during a repair as the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft ...

Systemic failures led to a door plug flying off a Boeing 737 Max, NTSB says The National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman says heroic actions by the crew aboard an Alaska Airlines flight ...