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Safety officials interview Boeing again on 737 door-plug blowout
They’re working to determine why a door plug used in place of an emergency exit on a 737 Max 9 flown by Alaska Airlines (ALK) blew out shortly after takeoff on January 5. "We are looking at ...
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The Disarray Inside Boeing’s 737 Factory Before the Door Plug Blowout
The culprit was a separate issue from the rivets involved in the door plug. A defect in the rear of 737 fuselages supplied by Spirit had been discovered by Boeing the month before. Fixing the ...