Federal investigators in the U.S. say a door panel slid up before flying off an Alaska Airlines jetliner last week, and they are looking at whether four bolts that were supposed to help hold the panel in place might have been missing when the plane took off.
During Alaska Airlines flight 1282 on Friday night, a plug covering a spot left for an emergency door tore off the plane as it flew 4,800 metres above Oregon. Roller guides at the top of one of the plugs broke — for reasons the investigators don’t fully understand yet — allowing the entire panel
