Good morning! It’s Tuesday, January 23, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …
Alaska Airlines has been having a tough time as of late. Back in October of 2023, an off-duty Alaska pilot tried to shut off a plane’s engines mid-flight while he …
Image: @ShivAroor (X), Rafiq Maqbool (AP) A passenger on a commercial flight got stuck in the lavatory of a Boeing 737. SpiceJet, a low-cost Indian carrier, was operating an hour …
Photo: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland (Getty Images) The door plug blow-out on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 has rightly provoked an intense outburst of public scrutiny regarding the Boeing 737 Max 9. Initial …
The Boeing Co. 737 MAX airplane stands outside the company’s manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. Boeing Co.’s latest 737 airliner is gliding through development …
A door plug that blew out of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282Photo: National Transportation Safety Board (AP) When a door plug blew out from an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 …
Image: David J. Phillip (AP) Following the Alaska Airlines door plug blowout last week, airlines have launched independent probes into the airworthiness of their Boeing 737 Max 9 airframes. Investigation …
Photo: Watchara Phomicinda/MediaNews Group/The Press-Enterprise (Getty Images) The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has announced that only 1.2 percent of the 16.3 million flights scheduled last year were canceled, the …
Photo: Elizabeth Le (AP) Passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight leaving Portland, Oregon endured a harrowing ordeal when a door plug blew out the side on the flight’s Boeing 737 …
Photo: Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency (Getty Images) The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed that airlines will have to inspect every Boeing 737 Max after a bolt was discovered with a …