In January 2024, a new Boeing 737 MAX 9 door plug blew out midair during an Alaska Airlines flight after the aircraft left a Boeing facility without key bolts installed. RESCUED NASA ASTRONAUTS ...

Door plugs are installed on some 737s to seal a cutout left for an extra exit that was not required on the Alaska jet. The plug on the Alaska plane was opened at a Boeing factory to let workers ...

Those allegations initially produced a deferred prosecution agreement reached in 2021, but last year the DOJ notified Boeing that it had breached the agreement after a door plug blew off a Boeing ...