Alaska Airlines celebrates new flights between Seattle and Taipei on STARLUX Airlines

Alaska Airlines celebrates new flights between Seattle and Taipei on STARLUX Airlines

Offering luxury on transpacific travel, our global partner provides world-class service and amenities; our hometown airport is STARLUX’s third nonstop U.S. destination from Taipei SEATTLE, Aug. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — With an emphasis on luxury in the air, Alaska Airlines’ global partner STARLUX Airlines launched its inaugural nonstop service today between our hometown airport in … Read more

Warp Speed, Flight Attendants And Tsunamis

Warp Speed, Flight Attendants And Tsunamis

Warp speed, hyperspeed, whatever you call it we might get that fast one day. Image: Yuichiro Chino (Getty Images) There have been some awesome inventions in the world of science fiction over the years. Whether it’s the Tardis from “Dr Who” and its miraculous traveling abilities or the teleporting talents of the protagonists in “Jumper,” … Read more

Boeing faces 10 more whistleblowers after two die

Boeing faces 10 more whistleblowers after two die

The sky is falling — at least on Boeing. A second whistleblower has died under mysterious circumstances, just two months after another one allegedly shot himself in the head — and the attorneys for both men hope their deaths don’t scare away the at least 10 other whistleblowers who want the company to clean up … Read more

Weekend Beyond Cars Roundup March 16, 2024

Weekend Beyond Cars Roundup March 16, 2024

Boeing is having a rough time of it right now, with parts falling off its planes left, right and center. Just last week, a wheel came loose and smashed through a car, and earlier this year the door from a 737 Max aircraft broke off mid-flight. That mid-air disaster sparked an audit from the Federal … Read more

Student pilot tried to open Alaska Airlines plane cockpit multiple times mid-flight, complaint says

Student pilot tried to open Alaska Airlines plane cockpit multiple times mid-flight, complaint says

A student pilot tried to open the door of an Alaska Airlines cockpit multiple times while the plane was in the air, according to court documents.  The flight was traveling from California to Virginia on March 3, according to an affidavit filed by federal air marshal Thomas G. Pattinson and reviewed by CBS News.  Pattinson … Read more

Boeing, Boeing, Derailments, Helmsworth, And More

Boeing, Boeing, Derailments, Helmsworth, And More

A 265-pound wheel fell off a United Airlines Boeing 777 after taking off from San Francisco International Airport on Thursday, smashing through a fence and into several cars in a nearby parking lot. The flight bound for Osaka, Japan diverted to Los Angeles and landed safely instead of taking a 12-hour trip across the Pacific … Read more

DOJ launches criminal probe into Alaska Airlines mid-air door plug blowout: report

DOJ launches criminal probe into Alaska Airlines mid-air door plug blowout: report

The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the fuselage panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines jet. The feds have started to contact passengers and crew members of the horrifying Jan. 5 flight, which made an emergency landing in Portland, Ore., after the door plug of the Boeing 737 Max 9 blew off at … Read more

‘Extremely Dumb’ Arson Attack Means Tesla’s German Plant Won’t Have Power For 10 More Days

‘Extremely Dumb’ Arson Attack Means Tesla’s German Plant Won’t Have Power For 10 More Days

Good morning! It’s Thursday, March 7, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. 1st Gear: Arsonists Shut Down German Tesla Plant For Weeks Tesla’s Gigafactory in Germany isn’t expected to have … Read more

Passengers Want $1 Billion After ‘Frightful, Death-Threatening Failure’ Of Boeing Door Plugs

Passengers Want  Billion After ‘Frightful, Death-Threatening Failure’ Of Boeing Door Plugs

Boeing and Alaska Airlines are being sued for $1 billion in damages by three passengers who were onboard a 737 Max 9 flight that suffered a now-infamous door panel blowout midflight. The suit accuses both parties of negligence. Why You Should Trade in Your Old Audi A3 for a Used Polestar 2 | WCSYB? Announced … Read more

Weekend News Roundup March 02, 2024

Weekend News Roundup March 02, 2024

If there’s one thing that fans of ’80s and ’90s BMWs know is an irrefutable fact, it’s that ever since Chris Bangle got his grubby little paws on the German automaker’s designs, everything there is to love about BMW has been ruined. Ask the folks over at Consumer Reports, though, and they would beg to … Read more