A Delta Boeing 767 made an emergency landing after its exit slide fell off midair

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A Delta Airlines plane.

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FAA investigating safety breaches after Colorado Rockies coach sat in a plane cockpit and joked about landing it during a United Airlines charter flight, reports say

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Hensley Meulens entered a United Airlines cockpit mid-flight

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From mishaps to tragedies, the flight industry has already had a rough 2024

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Here are eight flight incidents passengers faced in early 2024, from the tragic crash in Japan to plane engines catching on fire.

7 taken to hospital after 'severe turbulence' on Newark-bound United Airlines flight

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A Boeing 777-222(ER) from United Airlines is taking off from Barcelona Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on February 23, 2024.
A United Airlines aircraft.

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I toured an experimental Boeing 777X aircraft, which the planemaker is using to certify the new $442 million widebody. See inside.

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I toured an experimental Boeing 777X in January to see how engineers conduct tests and analyze flight data.

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You can soon pay to avoid sharing armrests on this airline

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Frontier Airlines is offering a new seating upgrade.

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The captain and copilot of an A320 fell asleep for 28 minutes during a flight to Jakarta, report says

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A Batik Air plane.

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A passenger jet smashed into runway lights as it took off, flew for 60 minutes, then landed with a gaping hole in its fuselage

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AirSerbia Airbus A330-200 aircraft.
An AirSerbia Airbus A330-200 aircraft. On Sunday, an AirSerbia Embraer E195 collided with runway lights during take-off, forcing it to later make an emergency landing.

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The middle seat on an airplane is severely underrated

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  • The middle seat has long been maligned as the worst seat on a plane.
  • A recent trip helped me realize there are actually benefits to the middle seat.
  • Aisle and window seats aren't all they are cracked up to be, either. 

Window or aisle?

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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