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Alaska Airlines is a major American airline headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle metropolitan area. It is the fifth-largest airline in North America when measured by scheduled passengers carried. Alaska, together with its regional partners Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines, operates a route network primarily focused on connecting cities along the West Coast of the United States to over 100 destinations in the contiguous United States, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Mexico.

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to Step Down [Video]

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to Step Down

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun , to Step Down. Calhoun will resign at the end of the year, CNBC reports. His departure comes amid a broad management shakeup at Boeing following a Jan. 5 incident in which a..

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Another Boeing Flight Experiences Mid-Flight Tire Issue [Video]

Another Boeing Flight Experiences Mid-Flight Tire Issue

Another Boeing Flight , Experiences Mid-Flight Tire Issue. NBC reports that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating yet another Boeing mishap, this time involving an American..

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Another Mid-Flight Boeing Incident Occurs Amid Increased Scrutiny [Video]

Another Mid-Flight Boeing Incident Occurs Amid Increased Scrutiny

Another Mid-Flight , Boeing Incident Occurs, Amid Increased Scrutiny. On March 4, a United Airlines Boeing 737 flight was forced to make an emergency landing after bursting into flames mid-air...

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Boeing chief admits lapse in quality control after Alaska Airlines mid-air door blowout

The head of beleaguered plane maker Boeing has said "a quality escape" occurred in safety checks which led to a mid-flight blowout when a door 'plug' came off during a flight involving one of the..
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Fears grow over Boeing 737-9 Max airliners after more 'loose hardware' found on planes

Alaska Airlines has said more "loose hardware" has been found on some of its Boeing 737-9 Max fleet of aircraft.
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Phone From Alaska Airlines Emergency Landing Flight Found Unharmed

An iPhone's been found from the Alaska Airlines flight forced to make an emergency landing when a hole blew open in the fuselage ... and amazingly, the device was not damaged. The device was found..
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Teacher finds missing door plug from Alaska Airlines flight that had mid-air blowout

The missing door plug that was torn off from an Alaska Airlines flight while in the air has been found by a school teacher.
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Alaska Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Window Blows Out

An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Portland after one of the cabin windows exploded, creating a gaping hole and sucking out belongings from frightened passengers. The..
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DGCA orders airlines to inspect emergency exits of Boeing 737-8 Max planes after Alaska Airlines incident

The directive comes in the wake of the Alaska Airlines incident involving Boeing 737 -9 Max aircraft.
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Alaska Airlines fallout: DGCA asks Indian carriers to immediately conduct one-time checks on emergency exits of their B737 MAX

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed Air India Express, Akasa Air and SpiceJet to "carry out a one time inspection of the emergency exits immediately on all Boeing 737-8 Max..
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Airline grounds all Boeing 737-9 planes after mid-flight window blowout

Alaska Airlines has grounded all Boeing 737-9 passenger planes hours after a window and chunk of fuselage blew out of a flight in mid-air shortly after take-off in the US state of Oregon.
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Attempted murder charges dropped against pilot who 'tried to cut plane's engines'

A former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight will not face charges of attempted murder.
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Pilot Had Nervous Breakdown, Tried Mushrooms Before Trying to Take Plane Down

The off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who tried taking down a sister airline's plane is blaming the incident on a nervous breakdown and a serious lack of shut-eye, and also admits to taking shrooms...
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Alaska Airlines Audio, Pilot Went 'Little Overboard' in Attempt to Take Down Plane

New audio from the flight that was almost taken down by an off-duty pilot details the terrifying incident -- and it reveals a huge understatement from the flight's actual pilot ... who described the..
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Alaska Airlines Pilot Charged with 83 Counts of Attempted Murder

An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot is in big trouble after allegedly trying to take down a plane from a sister airline -- and you can tell by the dozens of charges he's now facing. 44-year-old Joseph D...
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Alaska Airlines Flight Takes Serious Damage During Landing Amid Tropical Storm Hilary

Passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight in CA had a frightening landing during Tropical Storm Hilary ... the plane took a ton of damage during its descent, causing sparks to fly. The whole thing went..
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Father of 7 Misses Chance at Heart Transplant Due to Canceled Flight Over Weather

A father from Alaska missed a lifesaving opportunity to receive a new heart after his Alaska Airlines flight was canceled due to the historic U.S. winter storm. Patrick Holland, who is battling..
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CCTV Footage Shows Baggage Handler Stealing Plane, Crashes On Island

Seattle officials are revealing how a baggage handler was able to steal an Alaska Airlines plane off the tarmac and takeoff ... before dying in a fiery crash. The Port of Seattle just released the CCTV..
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Woman Who Claims Alaska Airlines Fat Shamed Her Loses 200 Pounds After Surgery

The woman who claims Alaska Airlines gave her the boot because she was too fat has drastically slimmed down ... going under the knife to shed hundreds of pounds. Ray Lin Howard tells TMZ … she..
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