Passenger on the Alaska Airlines flight that lost a chunk of its fuselage said it felt like being inside a gas canister

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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.

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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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Boeing calls an all-hands employee meeting to discuss safety following Alaska Airlines incident

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Boeing CEO David Calhoun wears a blue jumper under a suit speaking in front of an airplane during a joint press event with United Airlines at the Boeing manufacturing facility in North Charleston, on December 13, 2022
Boeing CEO David Calhoun.

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Alaska Airlines passenger describes her terror after she was 'jolted awake' when a hole ripped open in the plane's fuselage

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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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FAA orders grounding of some Boeing 737 planes after an Alaska Airlines flight lost part of its fuselage in air

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Alaska Airlines grounded its 737 MAX 9 planes after part of a fuselage blew off during a flight from Portland Oregon to Ontario, California.
Alaska Airlines grounded its 737 MAX 9 planes after part of a fuselage blew off during a flight from Portland Oregon to Ontario, California.

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SpaceX’s Starship Explodes—Twice—and More Top Moments in Spaceflight for 2023

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It’s time to look back at spaceflight in 2023, a real “two steps forward, one step back” kind of year, filled with highs, lows, and everything in between.

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Airbus is set to break aircraft order records in 2023, and beat Boeing as aviation's top dog for a 5th year running

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Turkish Airlines' 400th aircraft, an Airbus A350-941, is taking off from Barcelona Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on November 23, 2023.
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How to Watch SpaceX Launch Space Force’s Spaceplane for the First Time

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For the first time, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy will attempt to deliver the Pentagon’s spaceplane to low Earth orbit. The mission marks the seventh for the mysterious spacecraft, aiming to expand the Space Force’s knowledge of the space environment and test new technologies.

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2024 Will Be an Epic Year in Spaceflight

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A Martian moons mission, a plethora of private lunar landers, probes to Venus and Jupiter, and reusable heavy-lift rocket tests are among the many highlights we’ll be watching in the coming 12 months, in what looks to be an extraordinary year in spaceflight. Here’s your 2024 calendar.

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The aviation industry wants to reach net zero by 2050, but major players disagree on how to get there

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A Pakistan International Airlines PIA Boeing 777-300 aircraft as seen flying with contrails in the Greek summer blue sky over the city of Thessaloniki in Greece.
A Boeing 777-300.

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