The blame for a horrifying mid-flight blowout of a door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight last year is shared by plane manufacturer Boeing, its supplier Spirit Aerosystems and the Federal Aviation Administration,

The midair blowout in January 2024, which left a gaping hole in the side of the plane operated by Alaska Airlines, didn’t result in any fatalities, but it plunged Boeing into crisis as regulators and policymakers scrutinized quality lapses at the planemaker’s factories.