Today, The Insider Exclusive will go “Behind The Headlines” and meet former airline pilot and FAA Safety Inspector Mary Rose Diefenderfer and her lawyers, Judith Lonnquist and Mary Dryovage, to relate Mary’s personal battle with the FAA, her pending lawsuit and how FAA managers actively ...
First Officer Emily Wiprud, who was piloting an Alaska Airlines flight in January when a door plug blew out in mid-air just after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, described the ordeal in an exclusive interview with CBS News' Kris Van Cleave this week. "I didn't know that there was a hole...
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Very cold air returns to Alaska over the weekend. Temperatures in the interior will drop to 30 to 40 below! Light winds could make it feel even colder, dropping wind chills to 50 and 60 below! The cold streak will last through Tuesday. Southcentral temperatures won't get quite that cold...
3 soldiers killed in Alaska mid-air helicopter collision identified A fourth soldier was hospitalized in the crash. Apr 30, 2023 DNA study of famed American sled dog reveals what made him so tough Scientists sequenced the genome of the sled dog, who led a team of dogs carrying a life-savin...
“This is a very serious event,” Anthony Brickhouse, director of the Forensic Crash Lab at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, told USA TODAY. “We’re very lucky this happened at 16,000 feet instead of 35,000 feet. The results could have been catastrophic.” ...
There has not been a fatal crash of a U.S. airliner since 2009, when a Colgan Air plane operated for Continental crashed near Buffalo, New York, killing all 49 people on board and one on the ground. However, a surge in close calls between planes at U.S. airports in th...
Just the 8 and 9 are in service today, before the MAX 9 was grounded. What happened to Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 this week involves a door plug. This is different from a plug door (more on that shortly), and is simply the term for a door that comes standard on a particular ...
"What I did was, something we don't train for, and they handled it fantastic. It's really a result of their professionalism and the way they handled that situation that I'm alive today," Emerson said. As for whether he'll ever fly again, Emerson said that remains ...
Today, many homeowners rely on ceiling fans to provide overhead lighting, and there are several fans designed to meet these needs. Some provide a light source that houses energy-efficient incandescent bulbs. Others have halogen bulbs, and others have the light on many arms with glass or fabric...