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In January, Alaska Airlines flight 1282 nearly fell out of the sky when it lost a door plug at an altitude of more than 10,000ft, leading to rapid decompression of the main cabin of the plane.

Although no one was killed, the incident happened after two similar Boeing-manufactured 737 Max planes crashed in 2018 and 2019, killing 346 people.