Boeing chief admits lapse in quality control after Alaska Airlines mid-air door blowout

The head of beleaguered plane maker Boeing has said "a quality escape" occurred in safety checks which led to a mid-flight blowout when a door 'plug' came off during a flight involving one of the company's jets. Chief executive Dave Calhoun explained that the "quality escape" to which he referred was "anything that could potentially contribute to an accident", he told CNBC, in his first interview after the incident. The blow out occurred when a window and chunk of fuselage blew out of one of Alaska Airlines ...