"Boeing Unable to Locate Critical Work Records for Alaska Airlines Flight Incident"

Boeing admits it cannot find records for work done on a door panel that blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight, raising concerns about quality assurance and safety management systems. The company's executive vice president stated that the records about the panel's removal and reinstallation on the 737 MAX final assembly line in Renton, Washington, were never created, despite Boeing's systems requiring it. The National Transportation Safety Board has been pressing Boeing for information and employee identification related to the incident, and the Federal Aviation Administration has given Boeing 90 days to address quality-control issues.