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"Still, any event in which a door separates from a commercial aircraft tends to attract attention from regulators, manufacturers, and airline safety teams."

As well as stockholders I'd imagine.

> [...] Puzzling Engineers

... but not puzzling anyone who's been watching the direction Boeing has been going.

Vandalism of some type has to be a possibility right?
I thought other reporting claimed that a ground handling truck crashed into the door, thereby detaching it?
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Put some caution tape over the door and have the pilots fly it out empty at 6,000 feet so it doesn't have to be pressurized.
was it recently adjusted by an LLM
"The recent incident of this nature occurred on May 29, 2026, when a LATAM Airlines Boeing 787-8 (registration CC-BBD) had its L2 passenger door torn off by an air-stairs vehicle on Easter Island "

There. Fixed it for you.

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Clearly doors and boeing aircraft don't get along.
As few have already pointed out, an AI hallucination...

Quick, to the top of HN!

Toyota engineers equally puzzled their doors fly off when you reverse through a toll booth with them open.