Investigators at the NTSB revealed that the failure of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was due to the lack of four essential bolts, which were not replaced when a door plug panel was reinstalled. The absence of these bolts may have directly contributed to the incident, raising significant concerns regarding Boeing's safety practices and the training of its workforce. The NTSB highlighted systemic failures within Boeing's protocols, indicating that such a catastrophic error could have been prevented with proper oversight and documentation.
This accident never should have happened. The safety deficiencies that led to this accident should have been evident to Boeing, as well as to regulators at the Federal Aviation Administration.
Boeing relied on a single point of failure, which was a human not filing or documenting a record. That was a flaw in the system.
The NTSB found multiple systemic failures led to the blowout, including a lack of safety processes at Boeing and an inexperienced workforce in the 737 Max factory.
The four bolts that were supposed to hold the door plug in place were missing when the Boeing 737 Max jet was delivered to Alaska Airlines.
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