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The Justice Department has begun a criminal investigation into Boeing after a panel on one of the company's planes blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight in early January, a person familiar with the matter said...
On Jan. 5, a panel on a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet operated by Alaska Airlines blew out in midair, exposing passengers to the outside air thousands of feet above ground..
In a letter to Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., chair of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Boeing said it had conducted an extensive search but could not find a record of the information being sought by the Senate panel and by the safety board...
The door plug was opened in September at Boeing's factory in Renton, Washington, to repair damaged rivets on the plane's fuselage, according to a document reviewed by The New York Times..
The NTSB is still investigating the incident but suggested in a preliminary report that Boeing may have delivered the plane to Alaska without installing the bolts necessary to hold the door plug in place...
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