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The ongoing investigation began after a door plug flew off of Alaska Airlines flight 1282. Now, many travelers wonder about their safety.

The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday there is a “quality control problem” at Boeing, which has come under scrutiny in recent weeks after one of its jets suffered a midair blowout last month. The NTSB released its preliminary report Tuesday into what may have caused a fuselage panel on an Alaska Airlines…

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday that four bolts meant to help secure the door plug of a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet were missing before an Alaska Airlines flight experienced a midair blowout last month. NTSB investigators have been looking into what may have led to last’s month incident when a fuselage…

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun spoke out Tuesday about the recent midair blowout of a fuselage panel on one of the company’s planes, calling the incident a “mistake” that “can never happen again.” “We’re going to approach this, No. 1, acknowledging our mistake with 100 percent and complete transparency every step of the way,” Calhoun said…

Greg feith, which is, basically, does the size or the reported size of the debris that was spotted by the satellite make sense in terms of this type of aircraft? >> gene, there is one piece, that piece 78, 79 feet long, that could be part of this airplane. when you consider that the wing span on the airplane is almost 200 feet that would be a little over, you know, about a hundred foot per wing and the tail section is about 60, 65 feet. that piece that is 79 feet long could be either a wing panel or part of a fuselage panel. so there is a little bit of hope there that, yeah, this piece does ma...