NTSB says systemic failures led to door plug flying off 737 Max plane midflight The blow out during Alaska Airlines flight 1282 happened minutes after it took off from Portland in January of 2024.

No one from the door team was working when the plug was reinstalled. Investigators said Boeing did not do enough to train newer workers who didn’t have a background in manufacturing.

Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems — the company that made and installed the door plug — are redesigning them with another backup system to keep the panels in place even if the bolts are missing ...