Alaska Airlines cancels hundreds more flights in wake of Boeing 737 Max 9 incident

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An Alaska Airlines plane.
An Alaska Airlines plane.

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How to tell if you're flying on a Boeing 737 Max 9

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The exterior of a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet in Boeing corporate livery.
The Boeing 737 Max 9 plane is under scrutiny after an incident with an Alaska Airlines flight on Friday.

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Boeing's CEO has a fresh nightmare

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun stands in front of an Atlas Air Boeing 747 while speaking.
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun's year was already going to be hard, but the Alaska Airlines incident on Friday means it's now going to be even harder.

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The Alaska Airlines plane that lost a panel midflight was banned from flying over water because its pressurization warning light kept going off: NTSB

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A Boeing 737-990 (ER) operated by Alaska Airlines takes off from JFK Airport on August 24, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City.
A Boeing 737-990 (ER) operated by Alaska Airlines

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You can now use your AirPods to watch in-flight screens on some US airlines. Here's how to tell ahead of time if your flight will have Bluetooth.

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United and Delta have already introduced Bluetooth capabilities on some flight entertainment systems.

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9 passenger airliners that have landed on Antarctica's rugged runways made out of blue ice

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The Loftleiðir Icelandic crew standing in front of an Icelandiar-branded 767 in Antarctica., wearing red snow gear.
Large Boeing and Airbus jetliners have been landing on Antarctica's icy runways for over a decade.

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A passenger on budget airline Ryanair was awarded over $30,000 in damages after she fell on 'narrow and steep' plane steps and broke her leg in 2 places

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Passengers PAX boarding on a Ryanair FR airplane, the largest low cost budget airline in the Europe at Thessaloniki Makedonia Airport SKG LGTS in Greece. The exterior of a Boeing 737-800 aircraft with registration EI-EBM is seen before the flight on the tarmac.
Passengers boarding a Ryanair Boeing 737-800.

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