Boeing's new Max 9 problems aren't going away soon

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Image from the NTSB investigation of the Jan. 5 accident involving Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on a Boeing 737-9 MAX. Captured on Jan. 7.
The Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 that Friday's incident occurred on.

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Boeing CEO says the Alaska Airlines blowout was caused by a 'quality escape'

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National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Investigator-in-Charge John Lovell examines the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282.

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Alaska Airlines cancels hundreds more flights in wake of Boeing 737 Max 9 incident

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An Alaska Airlines plane.

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Boeing's fuselage blowout is the latest in a string of headaches for the planemaker. Here's a roundup of its past issues.

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Image from the NTSB investigation of the Jan. 5 accident involving Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on a Boeing 737-9 MAX. Captured on Jan. 7.
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 sits parked after an emergency landing over a door plug blowing out midflight.

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737 Max 9 grounding extended as aviation bosses say they'll prioritize safety, not speed over the Alaska Airlines blowout

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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane sits at a gate at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on January 6, 2024 in Seattle, Washington.
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9.

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The 737 Max is Boeing's best-selling jet — and in recent years, one of its deadliest

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The NTSB is leading an investigation into an Alaska Airlines jet that lost its door plug while thousands of feet in the air. The plane was a Boeing 737 Max 9.

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The last time an airplane's door broke off on a US flight, 9 passengers were sucked out of the plane

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Investigators inspect the United Airlines Flight 811 plane on February 26, 1989.

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Warning light came on 3 times before plane wall blew out

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Before a door plug fell from Alaska Airlines Flight 1281, an advisory light came on three times in the Boeing 737 Max 9. The new plane, delivered in October 2023, was checked and cleared after each pressurization warning. Audio from www.liveatc.net.

It was pure luck that no one was sitting in 2 Alaska Airlines seats that feds say got 'torqued' when a door blew off mid-flight

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Investigator-in-charge John Lovell examines the area where the plane's door plug had been.

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The Alaska Airlines cockpit voice recorder data was lost because it wasn't retrieved within 2 hours, NTSB says

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Investigator-in-Charge John Lovell examines the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX. Captured on Jan. 7
The NTSB's John Lovell examines the fuselage of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282.

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