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Alaska Airlines warns of delays after nationwide ground stop for all flights
The ground stop affected all Alaska and Horizon flights.
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Alaska Airlines and Horizon flights face delays following nationwide ground stop over system upgrade
Alaska Airlines flights will face delays throughout Wednesday after the company earlier requested a ground stop nationwide due to technical issues, the airline said. “This morning we experienced an issue while performing an upgrade to the system that calculates our weight and balance,” the airline told NBC News. The FAA said the airline asked for a nationwide ground stop, which…
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DOJ opens criminal investigation into the Alaska Airlines 737 plane blowout, report says
The Wall Street Journal reports Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the Boeing jetliner blowout that left a gaping hole on an Alaska Airlines plane this January.
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Fumes in cabin cause Alaska Airlines flight to Phoenix to return to Portland, Oregon
Fumes detected in the cabin of an Alaska Airlines flight destined for Phoenix caused pilots to head back to Portland International Airport in Oregon.
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Alaska Airlines passenger stabs man with makeshift pen shank, says he ‘planned on killing him'
Julio Alvarez Lopez told authorities that he “felt the Mafia had been chasing him the last few months” and believed the victim was in the cartel and following him
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Alaska Airlines has resumed flying Boeing 737 MAX 9, and United Airlines is set to follow suit
Alaska Airlines has begun flying Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners again for the first time since they were grounded after a panel blew out of the side of one of the airline’s planes.
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Indonesia temporarily grounds Boeing 737-9 Max jetliners after Alaska Airlines incident
Indonesia has temporarily grounded three Boeing 737-9 Max jetliners, following an incident last week in which an Alaska Airlines plane suffered a blowout that left a gaping hole in the side of the fuselage.
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Alaska Airlines' decision not to ground Boeing jet despite warning signs comes under scrutiny
The decision by Alaska Airlines to stop flying one of its planes over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii due to warnings from a cabin-pressurization system — yet keep flying it over land — is raising questions about whether the jet should have been in the air at all.
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Alaska Airlines plane loses window and chunk of fuselage mid-air, video shows
Alaska Airlines grounded all of its Boeing 737-9 aircraft late Friday, hours after a window and piece of fuselage on one such plane blew out in midair and forced an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors has reactions from a local aviation attorney.
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‘His shirt was sucked out.' Alaska Airlines passengers recall rough ride after side panel breaks off midflight
Passengers who were aboard what was described as a “trip from hell” on Friday when a side panel broke off a Boeing 737-9 Max during a Southern California-bound flight are sharing their harrowing experience as aviation officials look into the malfunction.
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Alaska Airlines plane loses window and chunk of fuselage mid-air, video shows
An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon on Friday after a window and chunk of its fuselage blew out in mid-air, media reports said.
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Pilot who tried to cut plane's engines is released from jail; must avoid aircraft
An ex-Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight while off-duty and riding in an extra seat in the cockpit has been released from jail pending trial.
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Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut plane's engines indicted on endangerment charges
The former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight has been indicted on 83 charges of recklessly endangering another person and one charge of endangering an aircraft.
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Pilot accused of trying to stop engines midflight after taking magic mushrooms asked ‘Am I dead? Is this hell?'
The off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to shut down the engines of an airborne plane last month after taking magic mushrooms thought he was dreaming and had questioned if he was in hell, he said in an interview published Saturday.
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Wife of ex-Alaska Airlines pilot says she's in shock after averted Horizon Air disaster
Prosecutors accused the ex-pilot of trying to engage an emergency fire suppression system while riding in the cockpit jump seat on Horizon Air flight 2059 from Everett, Washington, to San Francisco on Sunday.
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Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut engines said he had breakdown and thought he was dreaming, affidavit says
The off-duty pilot was riding in the cockpit jump seat of a Horizon Air-operated Alaska Airline flight from Everett, Washington to San Francisco on Sunday when he allegedly tried to pull handles that would cut the engine.
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How an off-duty pilot allegedly tried to shut down the engines on an Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot allegedly tried to turn off the engines of a plane, operating as Alaska subsidiary Horizon Air, mid-flight while riding as a passenger in the cockpit jump-seat on Oct. 22.
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This airline says its new coffee was ‘crafted specially' to taste better in the sky
Has your coffee ever tasted bitter when you’re 30,000 feet in the air? Alaska and Stumptown say they have a solution to that.