NTSB

The NTSB on Thursday released its final report on a midair door plug blowout on an Alaska flight last year and assigned ultimate responsibility to Boeing.

The National Transportation Safety Board has found the probable cause for last year’s Alaska Airlines door plug blowout was Boeing’s failure to “provide adequate training, guidance and oversight” to its factory workers.

According to the NTSB, the flight deck rapidly filled with “acrid white smoke” so thick that the captain had difficulty seeing the instrument panel.

The survivor’s medical condition is not known, though India’s home minister, told reporters that he had met the man, suggesting he is conscious.

The agency found multiple engine component failures that led to engine vibrations, an emergency landing, and a post-landing fire.

On Oct. 4, 2023, FedEx flight 1376 experienced an “abnormal runway contact” when the flight crew was unable to extend the landing gear.

The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that a fatigue fracture in a critical nose landing gear component led to the emergency landing.

Alaska Airlines flight 1288 experienced “substantial” damage on Aug. 20, 2023, when its left main landing gear failed upon touchdown.

CNN reported that the Black Hawk crew “did not proceed directly to the Pentagon” and instead “took a scenic route around,” per the FAA. 

In June 2023, Delta flight 1092 successfully landed in Charlotte, North Carolina, despite its nose landing gear failing to deploy.