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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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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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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The 10 worst states for drunk driving, ranked

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Forbes Advisor ranked states based on drunk driving metrics across the country.

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Dangerously close near-miss incidents across the US are a wakeup call to the aviation industry

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An American Airlines Boeing 777 at LAX.
A New York Times investigation found near-miss incidents are happening more regularly around the US than the public initially thought.

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A JetBlue plane nearly collided with a charter jet on a runway, and a photo from the cockpit shows just how close the encounter was

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Screen capture from jump-seat occupant’s video recording showing Lear 60 crossing runway centerline (left), and Flight tracks of both JetBlue (JBU206) and Hop-a-Jet (HPJ280) with yellow circle indicating incursion area (right)
Screen capture from jump-seat occupant’s video recording showing Lear 60 crossing runway centerline (left), and Flight tracks of both JetBlue (JBU206) and Hop-a-Jet (HPJ280) with yellow circle indicating incursion area (right)

A Delta plane made an emergency descent after leaky bathrooms jammed its controls and shut down the autopilot

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A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300 plane in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in November 2016.
A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300 plane in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in November 2016.

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The FAA is taking action after multiple serious safety incidents among US airlines: 'Now is the time'

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A Delta plane aborted a takeoff at JFK Friday night.
The FAA is creating a safety review committee to assess airline safety after recent near-disasters in New York, Austin, and Hawaii.

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American Airlines flight crew involved in a near collision with a Delta plane at JFK 'refused' to sit down for recorded interviews with authorities

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American Airlines crew involved in near-miss 'refused' recorded interviews with the federal safety board.

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