The man whose iPhone fell out of an Alaska Airlines flight says he was sleeping when it happened: 'Next thing I know I'm like oh sh*t, there's a big hole'

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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 man whose phone fell out of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 last week told the LA Times he was sleeping when it happened and also lost his shoe and sock.

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Airbus compounded Boeing's awful week by cementing its status as the world's biggest plane manufacturer for a 5th year running

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Guillaume Faury, President of the Airbus Commercial Aircraft poses during the presentation of the new Airbus A220-300 on July 10, 2018 at the Airbus delivery center, in Colomiers, southwestern France.
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury and an A220.

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2 Russian airlines want to keep flying Soviet-era planes, but some of them are so old they're set to be phased out this year

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A Polar Airlines' Antonov An-24 passenger aircraft is serviced at an airport in Yakutsk, Russia.
A Polar Airlines' Antonov An-24 passenger aircraft is serviced at an airport in Yakutsk, Russia.

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737 Max 9 grounding extended as aviation bosses say they'll prioritize safety, not speed over the Alaska Airlines 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 Alaska Airlines cockpit voice recorder data was lost because it wasn't retrieved within 2 hours, NTSB says

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Investigator-in-Charge John Lovell examines the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX. Captured on Jan. 7
The NTSB's John Lovell examines the fuselage of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282.

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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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I survived the 'Miracle on the Hudson' flight that crash-landed 15 years ago. The JAL accident brings it all back.

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Passenger Diane Higgins and Captain Chelsey
Diane Higgins and Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger. Higgins was a passenger on the "Miracle on the Hudson" flight, and Sullenberger was the pilot who safely landed the plane.

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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 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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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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