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Alaska Airlines warned of issues with Boeing plane before blowout

A Portland teacher found the door plug in his garden [Handout/NTSB via Reuters]

Alaska Airlines allowed the Boeing plane that had a mid-air blowout this week to fly despite warnings from a cabin pressurisation system.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the United States’ chief accident investigator, said on Monday that warning lights were triggered on the brand-new Boeing 737 Max 9 on three flights. Two of the alarms came on consecutive days before the plane suffered a terrifying fuselage blowout on Friday.

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