NTSB Seeks Public’s Help Locating Door From Alaska Air Blowout
The damage on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9, Flight 1282, on Jan. 5.
Photographer: Elizabeth Le/AP Photo
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The National Transportation Safety Board appealed to the public to help locate the missing door that suffered a blowout on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 as the agency began the process of finding out what went wrong.
“We’ve now determined based on our definition of substantial damage that this is an accident, not an incident,” NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said at a Saturday night press briefing in Portland, Oregon. “We are very fortunate this didn’t end up in something more tragic.”