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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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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People found the door plug and 2 cellphones that got sucked out of the Alaska Airlines plane. One is an iPhone – and it still works.

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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 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

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The NTSB is asking the public to help find the missing piece of the Alaska Airlines plane that blew off mid-flight

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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating how a "mid-cabin door plug" blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 mid-flight on Friday.

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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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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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These are the safest airlines in the world, according to one ranking

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Air New Zealand was named the world's safest airline by AirlineRatings.com.

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While all the people on board survived, 2 passengers' pets were killed in the devastating Japan Airlines fire

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Firefighters work at Haneda International Airport after Japan Airlines' A350 airplane caught on fire, in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024
Firefighters attended the burning A350.

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The 5 most on-time airlines in North America

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Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are two of the most on-time carriers in North America for 2023.

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The Japan Airlines plane that caught fire used carbon-fiber composite materials that are less heat-resistant

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Firefighters work at Haneda International Airport after Japan Airlines' A350 airplane caught on fire, in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024.
Firefighters work at Haneda International Airport after Japan Airlines' A350 airplane caught on fire, in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024.

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