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A Mother Thought Her Baby Was Blown Out of a Plane. The FAA Still Allows Infants on Laps
- On Tuesday, investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board published their findings regarding the January 2024 incident involving a door plug detachment on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 near Portland, Oregon.
- Investigators determined that four bolts securing the door plug were removed during manufacturing rework to repair rivets and were never reinstalled, reflecting Boeing's failure in training and oversight.
- The flight at 16,000 feet suffered a panel blowout causing a vacuum that sucked cabin items out, but the crew safely landed all 177 onboard with seven injuries and no fatalities.
- NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy stated, "This doesn't just happen," praised the crew's training and heroism, and highlighted decade-long systemic safety deficiencies in Boeing’s production.
- The NTSB issued hundreds of safety recommendations for Boeing, Spirit Aerosystems, and the FAA to prevent similar incidents, with Boeing and the FAA improving oversight but challenges remain.
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A mother thought her baby was blown out of a plane. The FAA still allows infants on laps
By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — It was horrifying enough for anyone when a door plug popped off an Alaska Airlines flight at more than 16,000 feet last year, causing an explosive decompression. But one mother’s nightmare was particularly acute, as she thought she lost her baby out of the gaping hole in the side of the plane. It’s an unimaginable horror, and one that safety regulators could have prevented by requiring that parents secure infants on…
The National Transportation Safety Board revealed some of the report about the explosion of a door cap in flight from Alaska Airlines in 2024.
NTSB says missing bolts among 'deficiencies' that led to Alaska Airlines door plug blowout
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The head of the National Transportation Safety Board is blaming systemic failures for a door plug blowout in the skies over Portland, Oregon, in January 2024. Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 made an emergency landing 30 minutes after taking off from Portland International Airport when the door plug separated from the aircraft at 14,830 feet, leaving a hole in the side of the plane. Oxygen masks dropped during the rapid decomp…
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