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A pilot on the Alaska Airlines blowout flight said she didn't know there was a hole in the 737 Max until it landed — and feared passengers had died
One of the pilots on the Alaska Airlines blowout flight told CBS News she believed ... The Boeing 737 Max was at an altitude of 16,000 feet when a door plug came off the fuselage, causing an ...
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Alaska Airlines banned jet from flying over sea before midair blowout
An curved arrow pointing right. Before a door plug fell from Alaska Airlines Flight 1281, an advisory light came on three times in the Boeing 737 Max 9. The new plane, delivered in October 2023 ...
Boeing pays Alaska Airlines $160 million in cash in 'initial payment' following mid-air blowout
Alaska Airlines said Boeing has paid the carrier $160 million in “initial compensation" after a door plug blowout on a 737-9 ...
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Alaska Airlines Passengers Who Survived Mid-Air Blow Out Suing Airline, Boeing for $1 Billion
I Thought We Were Going to Nose Dive Any Second': Alaska Airlines Passenger on 'Terrifying' Mid-Air Blow Out In a press release ... which occurred after a plug door blew out at 16,000 feet ...
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Justice Department Opens Probe Into Alaska Airlines Blowout
The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the Alaska Airlines blowout incident that ... who were on the flight. A door plug on the fuselage of Alaska’s Max 9 suddenly ...
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Window section blows out of plane, forces Alaska Airlines flight back to PDX
Two errors led to a Portland flight’s midair blowout. Here’s what went wrong at Boeing’s factory Is flying safe? Alaska Airlines says it will hold Boeing ‘accountable’ for quality ...
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Alaska Airlines Clears Grounded Boeing Max-9 Jets for Flight After Mid-Air Blow Out
Alaska Airlines Passengers Who Survived Mid-Air Door Blow Out Given $1,500 in Compensation ... California made an emergency landing after a plug door near the rear of the aircraft blew out at ...
THE WEEK1y
United and Alaska find loose bolts on Boeing 737 Max 9s grounded after midair blowout
United Airlines and ... said if the door plug had broken from the Max 9 at cruising altitude of 36,000 feet, not 16,000 feet, it likely would have been a catastrophe. Alaska had recently placed ...
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Boeing’s reputation takes yet another hit: all you need to know about the Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 jet blowout
US authorities have grounded most of Boeing’s 737 Max 9 aircrafts after an emergency landing by an Alaska Airlines jetliner ... were unrelated to Friday’s blowout. Max 8 planes were grounded ...
THE WEEK1y
Boeing facing more questions after mid-air panel blowout
Dramatic footage captured the incident on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on 5 January, just minutes after the jet – a Boeing 737 Max – took off from Portland International Airport. The panel was ...
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Air travelers are more cautious about flying in the wake of a door-plug blowout on a Boeing aircraft operated by Alaska Airlines, according to a new Fast Company-Harris Poll. Bolts appear missing ...
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After mid-air blowout, Alaska Airlines set to fly 737 Max 9 aircraft again
After a terrifying explosion on a SoCal-bound Alaska Airlines flight that blew a gaping hole out of the jetliner’s fuselage exposing passengers to rapid decompression and frigid temps at 16,000 ...