See inside the world's largest private jet, a $400 million Boeing 747 typically used by governments and the world's elite

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A Boeing 747-8i.
A Boeing 747-8i, the world's largest private jet model.

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The Justice Department reportedly opened a criminal investigation into the Alaska Airlines door blowout

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Boeing 787 Max 9 interior showing missing door plug in NTSB photo of Alaska Airlines emergency landing
The hole left in the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 in January.

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Boeing is delaying its 737 Max production expansion after the Alaska Airlines door plug incident

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Boeing 737 MAX9 takes part in a flying display over the Le Bourget Airport during the 52nd International Paris Air Show on June 22, 2017
Boeing had been ramping up production rates for the 737 Max jets before the Alaska Airlines incident in January drew FAA scrutiny.

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The FAA investigated Boeing's safety culture — and what they found wasn't good

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A Boeing manufacturing plant in Seattle, WA.

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American Airlines is raising its checked bag fees and overhauling how customers earn miles

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American Airlines is changing up its baggage and AAdvantage policies.

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A fellow pilot told Boeing jet that its tire popped off before takeoff: 'It just rolled off the runway behind you'

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A Boeing 757 plane operated by Delta Airlines, not the same plane involved in the incident.

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Passengers found a live snake in an overhead bin like a real-life 'Snakes on a Plane'

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Screenshots of a TikTok video purportedly showing an AirAsia cabin crew member trying to catch a snake on a flight from Bangkok to Phuket.
Screenshots of a TikTok video purportedly showing an AirAsia cabin crew member trying to catch a snake on a flight from Bangkok to Phuket.

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The time a British Airways pilot was sucked out of an airplane mid-flight — and lived

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British Airways pilot Tim Lancaster, center, recovering from his ordeal in a Southampton hospital, June 11, 1990, flanked by two of his aircrafts stewards, Simon Rogers, left, and Nigel Ogden.
British Airways pilot Tim Lancaster, center, recovering from his ordeal in a Southampton hospital on June 11, 1990, flanked by the two stewards who helped save him.

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Warning light came on 3 times before plane wall blew out

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Before a door plug fell from Alaska Airlines Flight 1281, an advisory light came on three times in the Boeing 737 Max 9. The new plane, delivered in October 2023, was checked and cleared after each pressurization warning. Audio from www.liveatc.net.

It was pure luck that no one was sitting in 2 Alaska Airlines seats that feds say got 'torqued' when a door blew off mid-flight

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Investigator-in-charge John Lovell examines the area where the plane's door plug had been.

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