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IIRC Alaska Airlines knew the plane had issues and decided to keep flying it anyway.

So yes, it's Boeing's fault the plane's door blew off, but Alaska Airlines also deserves blame for continuing to fly a plane that was reporting issues with the door hatch.

Doesn't the airline still need to inspect and maintain the planes after purchase?

It’s not the first time Alaska’s shoddy maintenance practices caused an incident. At least this one didn’t kill 88 people like the last one. https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/the-price-of-an-hour-the-crash-of-alaska-airlines-flight-261-c797a7c3d90d

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