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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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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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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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What's making airline passengers act out on planes? Travelers are stressed out and feeling 'entitled,' experts say.

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Four aircrafts queue up on the tarmac
Planes wait in line on a runway for take-off.

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The YouTube pilot convicted of crashing his plane for views says he'll keep flying 'before and after I serve my time in federal prison'

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Trevor Jacob in his new video, "I Got My Pilots License Back! But Going To Prison..."

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Exhausted air traffic controllers are making more mistakes on the job amid a stretched workforce doing 10-hour workdays and 6-day workweeks, report says

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Some air traffic controllers who've endured 6-day workweeks and unrelenting schedules have turned to alcohol and drugs to avoid seeking professional help, report says

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Air Traffic Control Tower

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See inside a test Boeing 737 MAX 10, the heavily modified variant that has been bought by carriers like United and hopes to enter service in 2024

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The entire fuselage of the 737 MAX 10.

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Lawmakers in Congress can't work together — and aviation experts say it's making it harder to keep the skies safe

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: A United Airlines lands as the other planes are taxiing to take-off at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on September 15, 2022.
Aviation experts said the current level of safety is "unsustainable."

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