Hearing held on Boeing 737 MAX 9's door panel blowout incident

A door plug area of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft awaiting inspection with paneling removed at the airline's facilities at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Washington, D.C., U.S., January 10, 2024. /CFP

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) completed the first of two days of hearings on Tuesday that lasted nearly 10 hours in Washington, D.C., presenting e