Alaska Airlines almost done inspecting all of its Boeing 737 Max 9 jets – CBS News Watch CBS News Alaska Airlines is almost done inspecting all 65 of its Boeing 737 Max 9 jets that were grounded after a panel on a plane blew away earlier this month. CBS News got an exclusive look into … Read more
Screenshot: Jet Lag: The Game on YouTube If you were trying to get from the northernmost point in the U.S. — Utqiagvik, Alaska — to the southernmost point in the U.S. — Key West, Florida — how would you do it? Chances are you’d hop the next flight to Anchorage and then it’s a hop, … Read more
Image: Via NTSB (AP) An airplane left behind a trail of detritus violently sucked out of the cabin when a giant fucking hole opened in the fuselage this weekend. Thankfully nobody was injured, and the plane returned to Portland for an emergency landing, but little pieces of the flight are being uncovered all over the … Read more
A Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplane performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France, June 20, 2017. | Photo Credit: AP Boeing’s best-selling 737 MAX aircraft experienced yet another setback last Friday when a cabin panel blew out of an Alaska Airlines plane, compelling the pilots to make an emergency landing at Portland airport … Read more
A PASSENGER on board of the Alaska Airlines flight has revealed the terrifying moment its door was ripped out mid-air. Nicholas Hoch said horrified passengers screamed “there’s a f*****g hole” amid the chaos. 6 A door was ripped from the plane mid-air plunging the flight into chaosCredit: KPTV 6 Nicholas Holt revealed the reactions onboard … Read more
The Federal Aviation Administration said that they will temporarily ground and require “immediate inspections of certain Boeing 737 Max 9 planes” after the window on one such plane blew out mid-flight on Friday. The FAA’s statement, released on Saturday afternoon, said an “Emergency Airworthiness Directive” would be released shortly as well. These directives are issued … Read more
A flight approaches the airport in San Diego, Calif. K.C. Alfred/Getty Images In this week’s airline news, the Transportation Department said the flight cancellation rate in 2023 dropped by almost 50% from the previous year, and the rate over the year-end holidays was even lower; DOT also said the vast majority of flight delays were caused … Read more
FILE: An Alaska Airlines plane takeoff from SFO in June 2023. Tayfun CoSkun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In the latest airline news, new construction at San Francisco International could delay flights for months, the airport warns; Alaska Airlines is boosting checked bag fees; regional carrier JSX orders hundreds of hybrid-electric planes to expand service to smaller … Read more
FILE: An Alaska Airlines plane takeoff from SFO in June 2023. Tayfun CoSkun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In the latest airline news, new construction at San Francisco International could delay flights for months, the airport warns; Alaska Airlines is boosting checked bag fees; regional carrier JSX orders hundreds of hybrid-electric planes to expand service to smaller … Read more
FILE: Aerial view of San Francisco International Airport with United Airlines jets in 2017. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images In this week’s news, airline travelers are expected to number a record 3 million on several days over the Christmas holidays; a new competitor enters the busy SFO-Taipei route; Alaska Airlines inks a partnership with a fast-growing Canadian carrier; United updates … Read more
