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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Michelle Del Rey

FAA investigating Boeing over Alaska Airlines incident

Reuters/Boeing

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating Boeing over last week’s incident involving an Alaska Airlines plane that resulted in a door plug flying off the aircraft mid-flight at 16,000 feet.

“This incident should have never happened and it cannot happen again,” the agency wrote in a written statement.

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