A preliminary NTSB report revealed that four bolts were missing from a door plug that blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9, causing rapid decompression. The report pointed to manufacturing ...

FAA mandates visual inspections for door plugs on Boeing 737-900ER jets. The move follows a similar issue with the grounded Boeing 737 Max 9. Boeing continues to face scrutiny and market ...

Spirit AeroSystems places the plugs into the Boeing 737 Max 9s in Wichita. According to The Seattle Times, a whistleblower alleges the door plug on the aircraft that had the door blow out on Jan ...

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 ...

On January 21, the agency recommended that, as an added layer of safety, airlines should visually inspect the 737-900ER mid-exit door plugs to ensure the door is properly secured. The 737-900ER is ...

Seattle-based Alaska Airlines is responding to a recent incident involving the door to the front cargo hold on a Boeing 737-900ER being ajar after a four-hour flight. The startling discovery was ...

Spirit makes the body for the 737 Max, including installing the door plugs on models configured not to use the optional emergency exits, at its plant in Wichita, Kansas. Peter has worked as a news ...