Boeing suffered another reputational blow after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ruled that the company was at fault for a terrifying incident in January 2024, in which a 737 Max 9 lost its door plug panel six minutes after takeoff.
Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was en route from Portland, Oregon, to southern California’s Ontario International Airport with 171 passengers onboard and had reached 16,000 feet, halfway towards its cruising altitude, when a loud “boom” was heard as the panel flew off.
