National Transportation Safety Board

This image taken Jan. 7, 2024, and released by the National Transportation Safety Board, shows the section of a a Boeing 737 Max where a door plug fell while Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was in flight. (NTSB via AP, File)

Systemic failures led to a door plug flying off a Boeing 737 Max, NTSB says

The National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman says heroic actions by the crew aboard an Alaska Airlines flight ensured everyone survived last year when the door plug panel blew out of the plane.

The seal of the National Transportation Safety Board is seen before a news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Jan. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Pilot killed in small plane crash in North Carolina raised a wheel to avoid a turtle, NTSB says

A worker wearing a mask walks past a Boeing 737 Max 9 as it is prepared for a flight from Renton Municipal Airport, Nov. 18, 2020, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

NTSB urges quick fix on Boeing plane engines to prevent smoke from filling cabin after a bird strike

An NTSB worker takes photos of a vehicle and home that were damaged when a small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, setting several homes on fire and forcing evacuations along several blocks early Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

NTSB says runway lights that might have helped in foggy San Diego crash hadn’t worked since 2022

In this image taken from video provided by Justus Rainey, passengers move away from a plane as smoke surrounded the aircraft, in Denver, March 13, 2025. (Justus Rainey via AP, File)

NTSB finds fuel leak and improperly installed parts in the engine of an airliner that caught fire

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NTSB chair says systemic failures led to door plug flying off Boeing 737 Max plane midflight

NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said the heroic actions of the crew aboard Alaska Airlines flight 1282 ensured everyone survived the terrifying incident last year when the door plug panel flew off the plane shortly after takeoff in January 2024.

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NTSB finds that plane clipped power lines before hitting home in San Diego neighborhood

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The exterior of the North terminal is seen at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)

Report says thick smoke filled the cabin of a Delta plane that took off from Atlanta in February

In this Friday Jan. 25, 2019, file photo is the air traffic control tower at LaGuardia Airport in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Passenger jet had to abort takeoff to avoid runway collision at New York’s LaGuardia Airport

In this photo taken from video, a helicopter falls from the sky into the Hudson River , Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Jersey City, N.J. (Bruce Wall via AP)

New report shows NYC helicopter breaking apart in midair before crash that killed 6

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy, center, pauses while speaking accompanied by NTSB Investigator in Charge, Marcel Muise, left, and NTSB board member Alvin Brown, during a news conference, March 27, 2024, in Linthicum Heights, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Vice chair of the National Transportation Safety Board is unexpectedly removed from position

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference, March 11, 2025, at the Department of Transportation in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)

Aborted landings due to Army helicopter near Reagan airport ‘unacceptable,’ top official says

Emergency crews respond after plane crashed into the Platte River killing multiple people Friday, April 18, 2025, in Fremont, Neb. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

Small plane hit power line before crashing into the Platte River in Nebraska

Emergency crews respond after a plane crashed into the Platte River killing several people Friday, April 18, 2025, in Fremont, Neb. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

NTSB is investigating after a small plane crashed into a Nebraska river and killed 3 on board

Emergency personnel battle against a fire aboard the Italian-flagged Grande Costa d'Avorio cargo ship at the Port of Newark, July 7, 2023, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

NTSB finds ‘failure’ in training before deadly Newark cargo ship fire

NTSB gives update on upstate New York plane crash that killed six

NTSB investigating crash of helicopter that broke apart midair and plunged into the Hudson River

3 people killed and 1 injured when plane crashes in South Florida near a major highway

3 people killed and 1 injured when plane crashes in South Florida

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board investigate the wreckage of a site seeing helicopter, Friday, April 11, 2025, that crashed into the Hudson River a day earlier in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

What we know about the New York City helicopter crash that killed 6 people

Witness describes moment helicopter crashed in New York City’s Hudson River

A New York Police Department scuba team looks for debris, Friday, April 11, 2025, where a sightseeing helicopter crashed a day earlier into the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Divers search for parts after NYC helicopter crash killed a family of five and the pilot, a Navy vet

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This screen grab from video provided by WPVI-TV/6ABC shows the collapsed section of I-95 as crews continue to work on the scene in Philadelphia, Monday, June 12, 2023. (WPVI-TV/6ABC via AP, File)

Interstate 95 crash in Philadelphia resulted from driver’s failure to slow down, investigators find

Rescue and salvage crews pull up a part of a Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet, at a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Air traffic controllers to get more support after a fight and latest near miss at Washington airport

This photo provided by the Alaska National Guard shows an airplane partially submerged into the ice of Tustumena Lake at the toe of a glacier on Monday, March 24, 2025, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Alaska National Guard via AP)

Probe continues in misuse of student license for pilot whose plane was submerged in icy Alaska lake

Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, center, stands next to map showing flight restrictions as the Senate Transportation Subcommittee holds a hearing to examine the preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board on the Jan. 29, 2024, midair collision of an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FAA acknowledges it must do better after deadly DC air collision

Rescue and salvage crews pull up a part of a Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet, at a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

NTSB chairwoman says reviewing the data after midair crash may prevent the next aviation accident

Maryland governor recalls the chaos after Key Bridge collapse one year ago

In this photo released by the Wyoming Highway Patrol, charred vehicles are seen after a Friday accident and fire in the Green River Tunnel along Interstate 80, Feb. 15, 2025, in Green River, Wyo. (Wyoming Highway Patrol via AP, File)

Deadly crashes and fire in Wyoming highway tunnel started with pickup losing control, NTSB says

This image released by the National Transportation Safety Board, shows ice accumulation that was observed by investigators on the rear stabilizers of a plane, Feb. 7, 2025, the day after after a small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on a flight that was bound for the hub community of Nome. (National Transportation Safety Board via AP, File)

US investigators say Alaska plane was overweight for icy conditions in crash that killed 10

Pilot killed when helicopter hits power line and crashes into reservoir in northeastern Ohio

NTSB urges ban on some helicopter flights at Washington airport where 67 people died

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy, accompanied by investigator in charge Brice Banning, left, speaks about the recent mid-air collision of an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, at a news conference in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

NTSB urges ban on some helicopter flights at Washington airport where 67 people died in midair crash

NTSB cites intolerable risk of collisions and urges ban on some helicopter flights at Washington airport where 67 died