A panel used to plug an area reserved for an exit door on the Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner blew out Jan. 5, shortly after the flight took off from Portland, forcing the plane to return to Portland ...

Pilot Emily Wiprud says initially, the Alaska Airlines flight crew had no idea what was wrong with the aircraft.

The pilot of Alaska Airlines aircraft whose door panel blew out in mid-air of January 5 said she didn’t know what exactly had ...

The pilots were forced to make an emergency return to PDX when the panel blew out at 17,000 feet, causing the plane to ...

Four bolts were missing from a door panel that blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight last month while the Boeing 737 Max 9 plane was flying over Oregon, according to a preliminary report from the ...

Pilot Emily Wiprud spoke out to CBS News about the moment the door plug blew off her aircraft in January. Lead costume ...

Emily Wiprud, the first officer piloting Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on January 5, says she initially thought people had been killed when the plane’s door plug blew off shortly after takeoff, ...

testified during this week's hearing that Boeing's safety management systems should have caught the door plug mistake and prevented the plane from rolling off the factory floor with the bolts missing.

The terrifying mid-air blowout happened six minutes after taking off when the plane was 16,000 feet in the air.

Alaska Airlines pilot Emily Wiprud shared her experience of a door blowing off mid-air during a flight from Portland to ...

The plane — most of it, at least — returned to Myrtle Beach International Airport less than 10 minutes after takeoff.