A Japan Airlines flight was canceled after the pilot got drunk at a Dallas hotel bar and police were called

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A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 plane on March 11, 2024.
A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 plane.

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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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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. 

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