2 Russian airlines want to keep flying Soviet-era planes, but some of them are so old they're set to be phased out this year

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A Polar Airlines' Antonov An-24 passenger aircraft is serviced at an airport in Yakutsk, Russia.
A Polar Airlines' Antonov An-24 passenger aircraft is serviced at an airport in Yakutsk, Russia.

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The Alaska Airlines cockpit voice recorder data was lost because it wasn't retrieved within 2 hours, NTSB says

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Investigator-in-Charge John Lovell examines the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX. Captured on Jan. 7
The NTSB's John Lovell examines the fuselage of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282.

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Your vacation probably isn't in any jeopardy after the Alaska Airlines blowout

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Image from the NTSB investigation of the Jan. 5 accident involving Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on a Boeing 737-9 MAX. Captured on Jan. 7.
The Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9.

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Alaska Airlines cancels 230 flights as the 737 Max 9 is grounded after mid-flight door blowout

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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane sits at a gate at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on January 6, 2024 in Seattle, Washington.
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9.

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I survived the 'Miracle on the Hudson' flight that crash-landed 15 years ago. The JAL accident brings it all back.

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Passenger Diane Higgins and Captain Chelsey
Diane Higgins and Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger. Higgins was a passenger on the "Miracle on the Hudson" flight, and Sullenberger was the pilot who safely landed the plane.

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Woman who says she was on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 that blew out a door midair said she was afraid the plane would 'nosedive at any second'

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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane sits at a gate at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Alaska Airlines grounded its 737 MAX 9 planes after part of a fuselage blew off during a flight from Portland Oregon to Ontario, California.
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane sits at a gate at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

The Alaska Airlines flight that lost a chunk of the plane mid-flight could have been 'much more tragic' if someone was seated next to the door, NTSB says

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A white Alaska Airlines plane with blue details takes off.
An Alaska Airlines flight takes off.

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A Kansas man pleaded guilty to selling plane parts to Russia. Here's how Russian airlines have struggled with sanctions.

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An Airbus A320 of Russia's Ural Airlines passenger plane, which made an emergency landing in a field while flying from Sochi to Omsk, is seen near the settlement of Kamenka in the Novosibirsk region, Russia, September 12, 2023
Ural Airlines is trying to repair an A320 that made an emergency landing in a Siberian field.

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I worked in aviation safety before becoming a reporter. See why I think Japan Airlines' excellent safety video helped save 379 lives.

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Firefighters work at Haneda International Airport after Japan Airlines' A350 airplane caught on fire, in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024.
The terrible aftermath of the Japan Airlines crash of Flight 516. All passengers survived — and an excellent safety video likely helped.

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A former Delta pilot accused of threatening to shoot his captain said he only meant it as a joke and that it was a big misunderstanding

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A Delta Air Lines plane.
A Delta Air Lines plane.

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