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Final report on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 in-flight exit door plug separation

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165 points starkparker | 1 comments | 10 Jul 25 20:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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supportengineer ◴[10 Jul 25 21:43 UTC] No.44525949[source]▶
The accident happened because a piece on the airplane wasn’t put back on the right way. The company that made the plane didn’t teach the workers well enough or check their work carefully. Also, the people in charge of making sure planes are safe didn’t do a good job checking on things.
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heywoods ◴[10 Jul 25 22:05 UTC] No.44526174[source]▶
What Boeing plant was the aircraft assembled at where this failure occurred?
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1. umeshunni ◴[10 Jul 25 23:19 UTC] No.44526793[source]▶
The fuselage is made by Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, KS:

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/04/nx-s1-4983722/inside-spirit-a...

The 737 assembly happens in Renton, WA