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Missing bolt caused Alaska Airlines 737 Max door panel blow off, report finds

A new report by the National Transportation Safety Board finds that missing bolts led to the recent Alaska Airlines incident in which a door panel blew off a 737 Max while in the air.

Seth Kaplan, Here & Now’s transportation analyst, joins us.

 

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