Coverage dated June 23, 2025

Multiple system failures led to door plug flying off Alaska Airlines flight, NTSB chair says

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The NTSB held a hearing Tuesday about the 2024 incident where a door plug on Boeing plane flew off in the middle of an Alaska Airlines flight. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports.

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  1. CNN

    NTSB set to announce results of probe into terrifying Alaska Airlines door plug incident (opens CNN)

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    Boeing will be back in the hot seat Tuesday as the National Transportation Safety Board holds a hearing to present its findings from an investigation into the terrifying incident in which a door plug blew out of an Alaska Airlines 737 Max.

  2. CBS News

    Multiple system failures led to door plug flying off Alaska Airlines flight, NTSB chair says (opens CBS News)

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    The NTSB held a hearing Tuesday about the 2024 incident where a door plug on Boeing plane flew off in the middle of an Alaska Airlines flight. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports.

  3. KVIA El Paso

    NTSB criticizes both Boeing and FAA for terrifying Alaska Airlines door plug incident (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By Chris Isidore and Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, D.C. (CNN) — The blame for a horrifying mid-flight blowout of a door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight last year is shared by plane manufacturer Boeing, its supplier Spirit Aerosystems and the Federal Aviation Administration, the chairwoman of t…

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