Hosted on MSN4mon
Alaska Airlines Retires The 1st-Ever Boeing 737-900
Alaska Airlines has retired the first-ever Boeing 737-900, an unpopular variant that Boeing had built in the early 2000s. The Alaska Airlines 737-900, registered as N305AS, was moved to storage on ...
Hosted on MSN1mon
Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900 Returns To San Jose Due To Mechanical Issues
An Alaska Airlines flight from California to Washington State on Christmas Day was forced to turn back after a mechanical issue was identified shortly after takeoff. The plane returned to San Jose ...
Why Is Alaska Airlines Keeping Its Old Boeing 737-700s?
Alaska Airlines currently has 11 active 737-700s with an average age of 24.9 years, per ch-aviation. These planes can seat ...
The New York Times8mon
There’s Been an Airplane Emergency. Here’s What Flight Attendants Do Next.
Alaska Airlines flight attendants put on oxygen masks during a training demonstration in a mock airplane cabin designed to resemble a Boeing 737-900. Christine Chung, a travel reporter ...
Skift1y
Alaska and United Face Hundreds of Cancellations as 737 Max 9s Remain Grounded
Alaska and United continue to cancel hundreds of flights as the FAA orders certain Boeing 737 Max 9s remain grounded for inspection. Alaska Airlines and United Airlines canceled hundreds of ...
Skift1y
Bolts on Alaska 737 Max 9 Door Plug Appeared to Be Missing, Investigators Say
A preliminary NTSB report revealed that four bolts were missing from a door plug that blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9, causing rapid decompression. The report pointed to manufacturing ...
Fox Business1y
Alaska Airlines cancels all flights on Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft through Jan. 13 after mid-air door blowout
Alaska Airlines has canceled all flights on Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft through Jan. 13 after a midair blowout forced an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, as startled passengers clutched oxygen ...
Kiplinger1y
Boeing Update: Alaska, United Resume Some Max 9 Flights. What to Know
Alaska and United began to return some of their Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft to service on January 26 and 27, respectively, following an extensive Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-approved ...
The Business Journals1y
Report: Boeing, not Spirit AeroSystems, may be at fault for door-plug incident on Alaska Airlines jet
A whistleblower alleges Boeing is to blame for the door plug issues on an Alaska Airlines jet ... which originally installed the panel on the Boeing 737 Max 9 fuselage, was not primarily responsible.
scmp.com1y
Boeing’s reputation takes yet another hit: all you need to know about the Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 jet blowout
US authorities have grounded most of Boeing’s 737 Max 9 aircrafts after an emergency landing by an Alaska Airlines jetliner last Friday. This is another black mark in the troubled history of the ...
THE WEEK1y
United and Alaska find loose bolts on Boeing 737 Max 9s grounded after midair blowout
United Airlines and Alaska Airlines found loose bolts and other hardware in their preliminary inspections of grounded 737 Max 9 airliners, the airlines said late Monday. The Federal Aviation ...
Gulf Times1y
United, Alaska find loose parts on 737 MAX planes, raising pressure on Boeing
2024 | 09:32 PM Alaska initial checks show some 'loose hardware' visible United finds problems with more doors during inspections-source Unclear when 737 MAX 9 jets will return to service Industry ...