From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernissi, and this is the Daily.

Questions have swirled for weeks over what went wrong on an Alaska Airlines flight

where a piece of the plane blew out into the sky, terrifying passengers, and renewing concerns about the plane's manufacturer, Boeing.

Last week in Washington, we started to get some answers.

Today, my colleague Sidney Ember explains. It's Monday, February 12th.

It's Monday, February 12th. Sydney, welcome to the show.

Hi.

Hi.

So Sydney, last month there was this terrifying incident on an Alaska Airlines flight. A door fell

off the plane while it was in midair and since then there's been this kind of

laundry list of unanswered questions about what went wrong, and ultimately, you know, who was responsible for that?

And so last week we started to get some of our first clear answers.

But let's start with the accident itself. Walk us through what happened.

So Boeing has been under the microscope for about five years after two crashes in

late 2018 and early 2019 killed nearly 350 people and these plans which are Boeing 737

max eight planes. Important plane for Boeing and four airlines in the United States, right?

Extremely important.

This had become one of Boeing's best-selling planes.

You know, it was flying all around the world.

And these crashes cost Boeing, billions dollars and it vowed to make the Max Aids much, much safer.

But then this incident in January happens, this time with a max nine.

On January 5th, Alaska Airlines flight 1282 takes off from Portland International Airport heading to

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