Boeing is under investigation on whether the manufacturing of a door panel in a 737 met approved design standards.
The investigation’s focus is on “plug”-type passenger doors as well as other discrepancies. These “plugs” may have caused a door panel to fall off an Alaska Airlines 737-9 MAX jetliner flight, forcing a ground landing in Oregon last week.
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