Hi
Organfreak;
I'm on "break", but reading occasionally. Re, "
I don't know what Boeing told them, but this door was damaged by improper closure pre-flight, as well as having a design problem that allowed this to occur in the first place. There was nothing "simple" about it. Regardless of any deception that IGh implies, this issue was identified and understood, and properly fixed by Boeing.", I found the following which might clarify the issue that it was indeed an electrical actuation of a correctly-closed door:
Accident Investigations - NTSB - National Transportation Safety Board
The NTSB Report is
here.