That agreement was due to expire in January 2024 — two days after a door panel detached from a nearly new 737 Max 9 operated by Alaska Airlines. Investigators found the plane left Boeing’s ...

Several airlines have introduced Star Wars-themed planes over the years, but Alaska Airlines’ 737 is by far one of the most stunning. The special aircraft was unveiled on May the Fourth, 2022.

As a new year begins, this week’s Flight Friday looks back to an event that happened one year ago: the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 (MAX 9) door plug blowout on Jan. 5, 2024, and the impact and ...

Alaska Airlines First Officer Emily Wiprud, who helped pilot a Boeing 737 Max to a safe landing after a door panel blew out mid-air, spoke publicly for the first time about the incident.

On January 5, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max was at an altitude of 16,000 feet when it lost a door plug — a fuselage panel that covers a deactivated emergency exit. The plane, delivered just ...

An Alaska Airlines flight attendant who was on board January's blowout incident said in an interview days after the incident that they wouldn't feel safe traveling on a Boeing 737 Max.

The NTSB questioned officials from Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems on safety culture, part of an investigation into what caused the Alaska Airlines 737 door blowout. Photo: Kaylee Greenlee ...

Boeing was concerned enough about compliance with parts-removal requirements to have the issue under a formal safety risk assessment when an Alaska Airlines 737-9 lost a panel that was improperly ...

The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX, which was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage, is seen during an investigation in Portland, Ore ...

Boeing said on Tuesday it plans to make design changes to prevent a future mid-air cabin panel blowout like the one in an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 flight in January that spun the planemaker into ...