Four flight attendants on the Alaska Airlines, 737 MAX 9 plane that experienced a mid-air cabin panel blowout in January last ...

The National Transportation Safety Board warned Boeing on Thursday it could lose its status as a party to the probe into a 737 MAX mid-air blowout after it violated rules by providing non-public ...

The NTSB said in a preliminary report that four bolts that help secure the panel, which is call a door plug, were not replaced after a repair job in a Boeing factory, but the company has said the ...

June 27 (UPI) -- The National Transportation Safety Board Thursday sanctioned Boeing for sharing investigative information with the media about the 737 Max 9 door plug incident in violation of NTSB ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Transportation Safety Board and Boeing have not been able to determine who removed a door plug in a new 737 MAX 9 Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 that suffered an ...

Earlier this year, the NTSB had to press Boeing to get the names of the 25 employees who worked on the door plug. The NTSB has conducted some interviews and obtained some written statements.

The NTSB report included a photo from Boeing, which worked on the panel called a door plug, that showed that three of the four bolts that prevent the panel from moving upward are missing.

Boeing said it is working with CFM on the update and the planemaker supports NTSB’s recommendations. Boeing also updated some of the checklists pilots rely on to help them take appropriate actions.

Systemic failures led to a door plug flying off a Boeing 737 Max, NTSB says By: Josh Funk, The Associated Press Posted: 10:56 PM CDT Monday, Jun. 23, 2025 Last Modified: 5:41 PM CDT Tuesday, Jun ...

Boeing then quickly provided the names. The NTSB said on Thursday that Boeing had portrayed its investigation to media as a search to locate the individual responsible for the door-plug work.

The NTSB on Monday criticized Boeing for failing to inform United the 737s it received were equipped with actuators “mechanically connected to the rudder control system” and expressed concerns ...