Alaska Airlines flight was headed for maintenance the same day part of the plane blew off [Video]

Alaska Airlines flight 1282, on which a door plug blew off the side of the plane shortly after takeoff on Jan. 5, was scheduled to be taken out of service for maintenance the night of the incident, the airline said Tuesday.Related video above: Door plugs and missing bolts? The Boeing 737 Max 9 investigation explainedAlthough Alaska Airlines did not say why the plane was set to be taken out of service, the airline told the New York Times, which first reported the scheduled safety check, that the plane was set to be removed from service to investigate two separate warning lights that alerted the crew to a potential pressurization problem on the plane over the 10 days prior to the blowout.Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, told CNN on Jan. 8 that she was aware the plane had pressurization issues before the door plug blew out, and …