{"id":115199,"date":"2024-08-27T03:17:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T17:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/boeing-door-plug-mechanic-vacation-alaska-airlines-blowout-aircraft\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T03:17:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T17:17:16","slug":"boeings-main-737-door-plug-mechanic-was-on-vacation-during-final-assembly-of-alaska-airlines-blowout-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=115199","title":{"rendered":"Boeing’s Main 737 Door Plug Mechanic Was On Vacation During Final Assembly Of Alaska Airlines’ Blowout Aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"

In interviews with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), a Boeing<\/a><\/span> mechanic told the investigators that they were on vacation while the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9s door plug was being repaired at the assembly line in Renton, Washington, the United States. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The mechanic said that they were one of the few people that had the knowledge and experience of working with all doors on a Boeing 737.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,516,595,398,422,718,421],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aircraft","category-alaska-airlines","category-aviation-news","category-boeing","category-boeing-737","category-boeing-737-max","category-ntsb"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t