The Alaska Airlines incident is the stuff of parental nightmares when it comes to flying with kids. But it’s also newsworthy because it’s so uncommon.

The airline confirmed that the failure of a third-party piece of hardware grounded flights, underscoring the fact that even ...

Topline The problem that caused a door plug to blow off a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane during an Alaska Airlines flight last month could happen again, according to National Transportation Safety Board ...

National Transportation Safety Board officials retrieve the missing door plug from Alaska Airlines flight 1282, the Boeing 737 MAX 9 that experienced a rapid decompression on Friday over Portland ...

The NTSB says a series of failures led to a door plug flying off an Alaska Airlines flight las year. The safety board formally recommended 19 changes to both Boeing and the FAA.

Alaska Airlines’ CEO, Ben Minicucci, shared a video update with customers on January 17, 2024, following the terrifying incident on January 5, when the door panel of Alaska Airlines flight 1282 blew ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has launched a team to investigate the Alaska Airlines flight that was forced to make an emergency landing when a part of the aircraft blew out mid ...

Alaska Airlines currently has 65 MAX 9s in service. The door plugs on the ill-fated Alaska Air flight, as well as the other MAX 9s were installed by Spirit AeroSystems.

October 2023 An Alaska Airlines flight was rerouted to PDX after an off-duty pilot allegedly shut off the plane’s engines mid-flight while traveling from Everett, Wash. to San Francisco.

On Jan. 5, 2024, a Boeing 737 Max 9 operated by Alaska Airlines suffered a massive decompression just minutes after taking off from Portland International Airport in Oregon bound for Ontario, Calif.