Why an off-duty pilot who is accused of trying to turn a plane's engines off mid-flight was allowed to sit in the cockpit

Tech Insider
LAX Day Trip Alaska Airlines - A320
An Alaska Airlines Airbus A320.

Thomas Pallini/Business Insider

Tesla earnings: See the electric vehicle maker's full history, dividends, and projections

Tech Insider
Elon Musk

Tesla on YouTube

Toyota unveiled a small electric pickup truck that could take on the F-150 Lightning and Ford Maverick

Tech Insider
The Toyota EPU pickup concept.
The Toyota EPU pickup concept.

Toyota

An off-duty pilot's attempt to turn off a plane's engines mid-flight is even wilder than we thought, court docs reveal

Tech Insider
An Alaska Airlines plane in flight.
Alaska Airlines Airbus A320-214 in flight.

AaronP/Bauer-Griffin / Contributor/ GC Images

Off-duty pilot facing attempted murder charges said 'I'm not right' before trying to turn off plane's engines: report

Tech Insider
A white and blue Alaska Airlines plane in midair, set against a blue sky.
An off-duty pilot on an Alaska Airlines flight tried to shut down the plane's engines mid-flight, officials said.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Electric car prices are plummeting but these 4 models are still selling for above sticker price

Tech Insider
Cadillac Lyriq
The Cadillac Lyriq.

Cadillac

The UAW is hitting automakers where it really hurts, taking down highly profitable truck and SUV plants at each Big 3 automaker

Tech Insider
Union members in red t-shirts carrying blue UAW signs stand on strike.
United Auto Workers members strike the General Motors Lansing Delta Assembly Plant on September 29.

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Airline CEO who once said a woman couldn't do his job steps down after decades in post

Tech Insider
Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker speaks during the signing ceremony to announce Qatar Airways as an official partner of Expo 2023 Doha in Doha, Qatar on 13 April 2023.
Akbar Al Baker.

Noushad Thekkayil/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Forget Tesla – this $13,000 tiny car is Japan's best-selling EV

Tech Insider
Nissan Sakura
The $13,000 Sakura has quickly become one of Japan's most popular cars.

SOPA Images/Getty Images

A JetBlue plane tipped backwards, its front wheel off the ground, while passengers were getting off at JFK

Tech Insider
A JetBlue Airways jet in the air
A JetBlue Airways jet comes in for a landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City in January 2023.

REUTERS/Mike Segar

Subscribe to Transportation