NTSB Set To Meet On Door Plug Investigation Of Terrifying Alaska Airlines Flight

PORTLAND, OREGON – JANUARY 7: In this National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) handout, plastic covers the exterior of the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX on January 7, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. A door-sized section near the rear of the Boeing 737-9 MAX plane blew off 10 minutes after Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 took off from Portland, Oregon on January 5 on its way to Ontario, California. (Photo by NTSB via Getty Images)

The National Transportation Safety Board is set to hold a public meeting about the door plug panel that blew out during a terrifying Alaska Airlines flight in January of 2024. On Tuesday the board will discuss what NTSB investigators uncovered about the Boeing 737 Max plane. The investigation has already revealed that bolts were never replaced after the door plug was removed during a repair. The NTSB is now set to approve a series of recommendations. The blow out during Alaska Airlines flight 1282 happened minutes after it took off from Portland, Oregon, and created a roaring air vacuum that sucked objects out of the cabin. No one was seriously hurt.