NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy updated the public Sunday evening on the agency’s investigation of an incident that occurred Friday night when a door plug on an Alaska Airlines jet came off during takeoff from Portland, Oregon, during an “explosive depressurization” event.
Investigator-in-Charge John Lovell examines the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX. pic.twitter.com/luikyh9OhG
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Homendy’s revelations were alarming, to say the least. She said that according to records the plane involved had depressurization alerts on three prior occasions, including twice in the days before the incident.
They asked about the auto-pressurization fail light that did illuminate in three previous flights, one on December 7, one on January 3, and January 4.
In these three previous flight, after the light illuminated they…
