Passenger jet forced to turn around after battery pack catches fire
The passenger received medical attention after the plane returned to Wichita, Kansas, Alaska Airlines and the FAA said.
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The passenger received medical attention after the plane returned to Wichita, Kansas, Alaska Airlines and the FAA said.
A federal judge has sentenced former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson to time served and three years of supervised release for trying to cut a plane's engines during a flight in 2023. CBS News digital journalist Amanda Arden reports.
The airline said in a statement that it had experienced "an IT outage affecting operations" and issued a temporary ground stop, which has now been lifted.
A system outage forced Alaska Airlines into a ground stop for all flights out of U.S. airports Thursday night. CBS News' Errol Barnett reports.
An Alaska Airlines IT outage is causing a ground stop for flights nationwide.
A woman was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery after allegedly assaulting two Alaska Airlines flight attendants.
Joseph Emerson was subdued by the flight crew after trying to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight from Washington state to San Francisco.
A Sunday night system-wide Alaska Airlines ground stop due to an IT outage ended after about three hours, the carrier says.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators on Tuesday made new safety recommendations following the Jan. 5, 2024, incident in which a door panel blew out on an Alaska flight.
The National Transportation Safety Board says Boeing and the FAA both share blame for a harrowing incident last year when a door plug blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight at 16,000 feet. Kris Van Cleave has more on what investigators found.
The NTSB held a hearing Tuesday about the 2024 incident where a door plug on Boeing plane flew off in the middle of an Alaska Airlines flight. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports.
With two fewer aircraft in its fleet, Alaska Airlines says it is trimming its summer flight schedule.
Alaska Airlines plans to expand service to a dozen global destinations over the next several years, starting with this European capital.
Despite economic concerns and softening demand, AAA forecasts a record holiday travel weekend. Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci tells CBS Mornings why now is the time to launch international flights.
Nikki Haley says she raised $1 million following New Hampshire primary; FAA halts Boeing Max production expansion to improve quality.
Investigation into Alaska Airlines mid-air scare; College Football National Championship in Houston tonight.
Pet owner claims his French bulldog died as a direct result of the airline moving him from first class to coach just before takeoff.
An Alaska Airlines flight aborted takeoff to avoid potentially colliding with a Southwest Airlines plane that was cleared to cross in front of it in Nashville, officials said.
The pilot of an Alaska Airlines flight was forced to abort takeoff Thursday while traveling at about 120 mph down a runway at Nashville International Airport in order to avoid a potential collision with a Southwest Airlines plane. No one was injured.
A pilot on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 is opening up for the first time about the terrifying moments when a door panel blew out of the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft in mid-flight in January.
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 in the airplane until we landed," Wiprud said.
An Alaska Airlines pilot recalls the emotional moment she checked in on crew members and passengers after a door panel blew out mid-flight in January.
New documents are providing the first publicly detailed accounts from the flight crew about what happened when a door panel blew off an Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight in January. Kris Van Cleave has more.
Almost 4,000 pages of testimony and information were released as part of the National Transportation Safety Board's two-day hearing on the Boeing 737 Max midflight door panel blowout that occurred in January. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has more.
Top Boeing officials faced tough questions from the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday over a mid-air door panel blowout on one of its planes earlier this year. The incident raised new questions about the company's aircraft safety. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has the latest.