It was horrifying enough for anyone when a door plug popped off an Alaska Airlines flight at more than 16,000 feet last year, causing an explosive decompression. But one mother’s nightmare was ...

While it feels like Boeing has been the subject of an endless stream of worrying quality control discoveries, it's been 18 ...

It was horrifying enough for anyone when a door plug popped off an Alaska Airlines flight at more than 16,000 feet last year, causing an explosive decompression. But one mother’s nightmare was ...

A federal investigation has concluded that Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) share responsibility for a ...

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 nation's top safety investigators concluded there were multiple systemic failures that led to a midair blowout during the ...

The NTSB has found that systemic failures, including missing bolts securing the door plug, led to the door plug blowout on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 in January 2024.