Alaska Airlines temporarily halted all operations across the U.S. due to a major IT outage, causing widespread delays and cancellations. A travel waiver has been announced for affected passengers.

Alaska Airlines grounds all flights in US due to 'IT outage'

The airlines said it "experienced an IT outage that's impacting our operations" and that out of caution, it has "requested a temporary, system-wide ground stop for Alaska and Horizon Air flights until the issue is resolved."

Alaska Airlines grounds all mainline flights after major 'IT outage'

An Alaska Airlines plane narrowly averted a tragedy at the Nashville International Airport on Thursday morning. It was on course to collide with a Southwest Airlines flight due to an error, but the pilots pushed the brakes just at the right time, blowing out their own tyres.

Alaska Airlines airplane blows tyres as it pulls brakes to avoid collision with Southwest flight

In a shocking interview, Alaska Airlines pilot Emily Wiprud revealed that she was not aware of a door panel having blown out of the Boeing aircraft she was flying with four flight attendants and 171 passengers aboard till she made the landing.

Alaska Airlines pilot was unaware of 'catastrophic' giant hole in Boeing plane till landing

Boeing this week revealed that the paperwork could be the reason behind a January inflight incident on a 737 MAX operated by Alaska Airlines that required an emergency landing.

Boeing says missing paperwork reason for Alaska Air incident; safety regulators take action

In a never-thought-of nightmarish situation, an Alaska Airlines flight - from Honolulu to Anchorage - was forced to turn back after its bathroom sink malfunctioned and flooded the cabin of the Boeing 737 Max 9 jet with four inches of water.

Boeing nightmare continues, lavatory sink floods Alaska Airlines plane cabin mid-air

Alaska Airlines has said the temporary grounding of its Boeing 737 Max 9 fleet may cause the company's long-term profit growth to be below its target range of 4% to 8%. Earlier this month, the airline projected first-quarter loss per share of 55 cents, compared with analysts' estimates for a loss of $1.18 per share.

Alaska Airlines: Grounding of 737 max 9 fleet to hit profit

The FBI, while investigating the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max mid-air door-plug panel blowout case, have concluded that the passengers are likely victims of a crime.

FBI says Alaska Airlines passengers are possible 'crime victims' after mid-air door blowout

After a litany of abysmal issues reported with Boeing jets, the inner windshield of Alaska Airlines' Boeing 737 jet cracked open while landing at Portland International Airport.

Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 now reports crack in windshield while landing in Portland

A tense situation unfolded aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 322 as a 19-year-old student pilot, Nathan Jones, allegedly made three attempts to breach the cockpit door during a journey from San Diego to Dulles International Airport, media reports said.

Student pilot attempts to enter Alaska airlines flight cockpit 3 times. Here's what happened next

The United States Department of Justice has started a criminal investigation into the Boeing jet door blowout case which had created a gaping hole on the Alaska Airlines aeroplane in January, reported the Wall Street Journal on Saturday (Mar 9).

US Justice Department starts criminal investigation into Alaska Airlines window blowout case

Alaska airlines has said that it is cooperating with the u.S. Department of justice, after a probe was opened into the boeing 737 max blowout in january. Reports earlier suggested that the investigators have contacted some passengers and crew on the january 5 flight, which made an emergency landing in the u.S. City of portland, after a fuselage panel ripped off mid-air.

Alaska Airlines: Cooperating with dept of justice in probe

A man on an Alaska Airlines flight attacked another passenger reportedly with the intention of "killing him" using a makeshift weapon in an incident wish took place last month.

Man who attacked fellow passenger in US flight 'planned to kill him', faces criminal charge

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), on Wednesday (Jan 24), announced that it has approved an inspection procedure for grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft which may pave the way for 171 grounded planes to come back into service.

Boeing 737 Max 9s may return to operations as US aviation watchdog approves inspection procedure

United Airlines says it has discovered loose bolts and other installation issues on Boeing 737 Max 9 planes. The inspection was carried after the same passenger plane of Alaska Airlines made an emergency landing on friday after its door plug component blew out at 16,000 feet in the air.

United Airlines finds loose bolts on multiple Boeing 737 Max 9 planes | World News | WION

Alaska Airlines grounded its Boeing 737-9 planes on Friday after a flight with 177 people onboard made an emergency landing in the US state of Oregon, with passengers reporting a plane window panel blew out after takeoff.

US: Alaska airlines grounds all Boeing 737-9 planes after window blows out mid-air

The United States Federal Aviation Administration announced on Friday (January 12) that it will increase its oversight on Boeing. The aviation agency has already opened a probe into the Alaska Airlines incident involving Boeing 737 MAX 9 which lost part of its fuselage while in air creating a near-catastrophic situation.

Boeing 737 Max 9 door blowout: US Aviation watchdog increases oversight of Boeing

In what can become another bad PR day for Boeing after the recent Alaska Airlines incident, one of its 737 planes had to return to an airport in Japan after a crack was found in the cockpit window.

Japan: Boeing 737 plane returns to airport after crack in cockpit window

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it was opening an investigation into Boeing following a near-catastrophic incident with Alaska Airlines' Boeing 737 MAX.

US aviation watchdog opens probe into Boeing following Alaska Airlines mid-air window blowout incident

The CEO of Boeing on Tuesday (Jan 9) took responsibility for a near-catastrophic mid-air window blowout of an Alaska Airlines flight even as the aviation regulator of the US ordered the temporary grounding of all Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes operating in the country.

Alaska Airlines mishap: All 737 Max 9 planes in US grounded as Boeing CEO accepts 'mistake'

Days after the mid-air panel blowout from an Alaska airlines jet, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun has acknowledged that the plane maker made a mistake, telling staff it would work with regulators to make sure it "Can never happen again." Calhoun's statement is Boeing's first public acknowledgment of error since Friday's incident, which left the 737 max 9 plane with a gaping hole & forced authorities to ground 171 planes.

Boeing CEO: Will make sure mistake "can never happen again"

The discovery of the piece of fuselage, which had blown off an Alaska Airlines' Boeing airliner when it was flying over Oregon, Portland on Friday (Jan 5), has given the investigators hope that they will be able to gather physical evidence and understand what went wrong.

Here's how the newly-found door 'plug' may help understand Alaska Airlines' mid-air blowout

United Airlines on Monday (Jan 8) said that they found loose bolts while carrying out inspections of the Boeing 737 Max 9 fleet after a door plug had blown out from an Alaska Airlines plane over the weekend.

United Airlines and Alaska Airlines find loose bolts in Boeing jets during inspections

The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said on Monday (Jan 8) that data on the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) in the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max was overwritten.

Alaska Airlines Boeing 737’s cockpit voice recorder data erased, says US NTSB

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