NTSB chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said the blame for the horrifying mid-flight door blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight last year falls on airplane manufacturer Boeing, its supplier Spirit AeroSystems, and the Federal Aviation Administration. The incident involved Alaska Airlines flight 1282, a Boeing 737 Max, when a door plug panel ripped off the aircraft shortly after takeoff in January 2024. Homendy said Tuesday the heroic actions of the flight crew ensured everyone survived the incident. “The safety deficiencies that led to this accident should have been evident to Boeing and the FAA,” Homendy said at a hearing Tuesday, according to CNN. “I have lots of questions where the FAA was during all of this. The FAA is the absolute last barrier of defense when it comes to ensuring aviation safety,” she noted. The agency will soon release a full report on the probable cause of the mid-flight door panel blowout. “The safety deficiencies that led to this accident should have been evident to Boeing and the FAA,” NTSB chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said in opening remarks.https://t.co/TWeHj49cKH — Bryan Corliss (@BryanCorliss425) June 24, 2025 Per CNN: The blowout occurred minutes into a January 2024 flight from Portland, Oregon, when a door plug blew out the side of the plane at about 16,000 feet. It ripped passengers’ clothing and phones out of the plane — but remarkably, there were no serious injuries on a flight that could easily have turned into a tragedy. The NTSB’s preliminary findings had already revealed that four bolts that were supposed to hold the door plug in place were missing when the plane was delivered to Alaska Air in October 2023. During Tuesday’s hearing Homendy praised the crew of the Alaska Air flight several times, calling their actions to get the plane on the ground without any casualties “heroic.” “This crew shouldn’t have had to be heroes,” she said. “This accident should never have happened. An accident like this only happens when there are multiple system failures.” WATCH: WATCH LIVE: NTSB holds hearing on cause of Alaska Airlines’ Boeing 737 MAX 9 mid-air cabin blowout https://t.co/vAj1tFLY0y — PBS News (@NewsHour) June 24, 2025 From the Associated Press: She said Boeing’s new CEO, Kelly Ortberg, has made many safety improvements since taking the job last summer, but more needs to be done. The NTSB is expected to approve several recommendations at Tuesday’s meeting to keep something similar from happening again. The blow out aboard Alaska Airlines flight 1282 occurred minutes after it took off from Portland, Oregon, and created a roaring air vacuum that sucked objects out of the cabin and scattered them on the ground below along with debris from the fuselage. Seven passengers and one flight attended sustained minor injuries, but no one was killed. Pilots were able to land the plane safely back at the airport. The accident occurred as the plane flew at 16,000 feet (4,800 meters). Oxygen masks dropped during the rapid decompression and a few cellphones and other objects were swept through the hole in the plane as 171 passengers contended with wind and roaring noise. The first six minutes of the flight to Southern California’s Ontario International Airport were routine. The Boeing 737 Max 9 was about halfway to its cruising altitude and traveling at more than 400 mph (640 kph) when passengers described a loud “boom” and wind so strong it ripped the shirt off someone’s back.

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Planned Parenthood has long been synonymous with abortion, profiting from the violent destruction of preborn children. But now, the nation’s largest abortion chain has added another sinister revenue stream — mutilating young people in the name of “gender-affirming care.” It is past time for Congress to cut off the more than half a billion dollars in taxpayer funding that Planned Parenthood receives annually. Americans should not be forced to subsidize an organization that ends the life of preborn babies and irreversibly harms confused young people. Planned Parenthood’s total revenue for 2023-24 was $2.03B, nearly the same as the previous fiscal year of 2022-23 at $2.05B. They took in a staggering $498 million just in donations in 2022 — and instead of improving the horrific conditions inside its clinics, it funneled much of it into advancing its radical political and legal agenda. In 2024 alone, the abortion giant spent $69.5 million to defeat pro-life Republican candidates and policies. Abortion: The Business of Death According to its 2023-2024 annual report, Planned Parenthood performed 402,230 abortions in the 2022 to 2023 fiscal year. This breaks down to an average of 1,102 daily abortions, nearly 46 hourly, and one every 78 seconds Its business model revolves around ending innocent lives, and they are unapologetic about it. The science is clear: from the moment of fertilization, a unique human life begins. Yet Planned Parenthood treats preborn children as disposable. Their so-called “care” consists of poisoning or dismembering the youngest members of our human family. This brutality is not an unfortunate byproduct of their work — it is their core business. Despite offering fewer legitimate healthcare services each year, Planned Parenthood’s abortion numbers continue to rise. Women in crisis deserve real support, not an organization that profits from their despair by ending their children’s lives. Defunding Planned Parenthood is not about limiting healthcare access; it is about redirecting taxpayer dollars to organizations that actually serve women and children. Yet, year after year, Congress continues to funnel hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars into this abortion behemoth. Gender Transitions: The Business of Mutilation As if poisoning and dismembering preborn children weren’t evil enough, Planned Parenthood has also become one of the largest providers of cross-sex hormones, pushing powerful, life-altering drugs onto vulnerable teenagers with little to no medical oversight. According to insurance claim data, Planned Parenthood has prescribed gender transition hormones to at least 40,000 young adults in just one year, often after brief, superficial consultations. One of us, Chloe, knows firsthand the devastation of this industry. As a teenager, she was encouraged to believe that she was born in the wrong body. Medical professionals — including those at organizations like Planned Parenthood — fast-tracked her onto puberty blockers, testosterone, and eventually a double mastectomy, all before she was old enough to legally drive. She was told it would bring her happiness. It didn’t. It left her with permanent scars, a deep voice, a damaged body, and the realization that she had been betrayed by the very people who claimed to help. Planned Parenthood is not providing informed, compassionate care. They are running a conveyor belt of gender transition services, pushing vulnerable young people toward a medical pathway that results in permanent sterilization, sexual dysfunction, and lifelong regret. Many of those who detransition, like Chloe, find themselves abandoned by the medical community that once rushed them into these procedures. No More Taxpayer Funding The American people should not be forced to pay for the destruction of innocent lives or the mutilation of confused young people. Planned Parenthood has shown time and time again that it is not a legitimate healthcare provider. It is an ideological machine that profits off death and suffering. According to a recent report from the Lozier Institute, “Taxpayer funding in the form of government grants, contracts, and Medicaid reimbursements hit $792.2 million, over $2 million per day…” European nations such as Sweden, Finland, and the United Kingdom are now restricting the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors, recognizing that the evidence supporting them is weak and the risks catastrophic. Yet, in the U.S., Planned Parenthood continues to push these treatments at record rates, all while receiving taxpayer dollars. Enough is enough. Congress must act. Every dollar that funds Planned Parenthood is a dollar spent enabling the deaths of preborn children, the mutilation of young people caught in an identity crisis, and political attack ads on Republican leaders. That money should be invested in real healthcare — providers that support women, protect children, and offer genuine, life-affirming care and psychological help. The fight to defund Planned Parenthood is not just a policy battle; it is a crossroads for our nation. Lives are at stake for both the preborn children who deserve the right to live and the young people being led down a destructive path from which they may never fully recover. We must demand that our lawmakers stand against this barbarism. It’s time to end taxpayer funding for an organization that kills and mutilates the most vulnerable in our community. Congress must defund Planned Parenthood now. * * * Lila Rose is a writer, speaker and activist. She is the founder and president of Live Action, a human rights nonprofit with the largest digital footprint for the global pro-life movement. Chloe Cole, a poised and articulate 20-year-old woman, passionately advocates against the practice of transitioning minors.Driven by a noble mission to safeguard children from potentially harmful ideologies and medical interventions, Chloe draws from her personal experiences to shed light on the distressing consequences of gender-affirming care for adolescents. Having embarked on her own transition journey at the tender age of 12, only to subsequently detransition at 16, Chloe speaks with firsthand authority on the deeply traumatic effects experienced by minors undergoing such treatments. Follow her: @ChooCole The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.