Boeing's boss Dave Calhoun vows to find the cause of the incident on the Alaska Airlines flight.

On Tuesday, Boeing’s president and chief executive Dave Calhoun said the firm was “acknowledging our mistake”.

The door “plug” which fell away from the aircraft weighed 27kg (60lb) and was used to fill an emergency exit that was built into the plane, but not required by Alaska Airlines.

The missing section of the plane was retrieved from the back garden of a Portland teacher, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

Speaking to Boeing staff, Mr Calhoun said: “We’re going to approach this number one acknowledging our mistake. We’re going to approach it with 100% and complete transparency every step of the way.”

Mr Calhoun reassured staff that Boeing would work with the NTSB to investigate the cause of the accident.

  • athos77
    30•10 months ago

    I mean, it was a brand new plane, delivered to Alaska Airlines like two months ago. It’s not like there was a lot of time or mileage for normal wear and tear to do it’s thing.