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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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 Red Sea attacks are throwing supply chains into chaos — but US oil exports appear to be benefiting from them

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The Galaxy Leader cargo ship is escorted by Houthi boats in the Red Sea in this photo released November 20, 2023.

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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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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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Woman who says she was on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 that blew out a door midair said she was afraid the plane would 'nosedive at any second'

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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.

The Alaska Airlines flight that lost a chunk of the plane mid-flight could have been 'much more tragic' if someone was seated next to the door, NTSB says

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A white Alaska Airlines plane with blue details takes off.
An Alaska Airlines flight takes off.

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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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EVs are depreciating faster than gas cars. Here's how the oldest models like Tesla are faring.

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The logo marks the showroom and service center for the US automotive and energy company Tesla in Amsterdam on October 23, 2019
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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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