Plug doors are held in place by the higher pressure inside the aircraft. What happened on Alaska Airlines flight 1282 involved a door plug, which is held by bolts.

NTSB investigates after door plug blown off Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 In this National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) handout, plastic covers the exterior of the fuselage plug area of Alaska ...

Historical Development And Market Demand The inclusion of the door plug on the Boeing 737-900ER is not merely a technical quirk—it is a response to specific market forces and evolutionary ...

Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The NTSB on Sunday said it found the "door plug" that flew off an Alaska Airlines' Boeing passenger jet in mid-flight on Friday and a harrowing string of events that forced the ...

FILE - This image taken Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, and released by the National Transportation Safety Board, shows the section of a a Boeing 737 Max where a door plug fell while Alaska Airlines Flight ...

The flight attendants on board Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, where the door plug blew out in January 2024, are now suing Boeing.

Boeing has not turned over important records to investigators probing the door plug blowout on a 737 Max earlier this year, investigators say. That, Boeing signaled Wednesday afternoon, is because ...

The heroic actions by the crew of Alaska Airlines flight 1282 ensured everyone survived last year when a door plug panel flew off the plane shortly after takeoff, leaving a gaping hole that sucked ...

"At the very least, installers missed something," former NTSB member John Goglia said after the door plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 jet. "It calls into question the process." ...

The plug, meant to seal an opening, is used by some airlines as an additional door in certain high-capacity layouts. In the case of the Alaska Airlines flight, the opening was "plugged" since the ...