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Flight Friday: Alaska Airlines MAX 9 Incident Reshapes Boeing 737 Landscape
As a new year begins, this week’s Flight Friday looks back to an event that happened one year ago: the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 (MAX 9) door plug blowout on Jan. 5, 2024, and the impact and ...
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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 ... one of the flight attendants told investigators they wouldn't feel safe traveling on a Boeing 737 Max. If you enjoyed this story, be sure ...
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Alaska Air Group turns strong profit in year defined by Max 9 grounding, Hawaiian purchase
In a year defined by a roughly month-long grounding of its Boeing 737 Max 9s and the costly acquisition of leisure carrier ...
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One year after 737 door-plug blow-out, Boeing says safety overhaul is working
One year ago, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9’s mid-cabin door-plug blew out during flight, leaving passengers facing a gaping hole in the side of the jet while the pilots successfully ...
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Missing bolts were the culprit behind the Alaska Airlines blowout, preliminary investigation finds
Several bolts were missing from a door plug that blew out mid-flight from an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 plane in January, a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board ...
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AI At The Helm: Boeing’s Critical Turn Towards Nextgen Flight Safety
opening is seen in the fuselage of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX on January 7, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. A door-sized section near the rear of the Boeing 737-9 MAX plane blew off 10 ...
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Boeing details its safety enhancements a year after a door plug blew off midflight
Nearly a year after a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 aircraft, Boeing says it has made strides improving safety for airline passengers. The company announced Friday that it ...
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How four missing bolts ruined Boeing’s 2024 flight plan
A door panel in the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines 737 Max broke off and flew into the ... caused the planes to plunge wildly under certain flight conditions. A deferred prosecution agreement ...
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4 crew members, 1 passenger injured on Alaska Airlines flight out of Seattle
involved a Boeing 737 MAX. On Dec. 22, a disruptive passenger on Alaska Airlines Flight 323, arriving from Milwaukee to Seattle, prompted a significant response from the Port of Seattle’s fire ...
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Boeing details safety improvements one year after Alaska Airlines door plug incident
Related Transportation Department fines JetBlue $2M for 'chronic flight delays' Pre-flight ... Advertisement On Jan. 5, 2024, a Boeing 737 Max 9 operated by Alaska Airlines suffered a massive ...