Columbus, OH

Portland, OR

Workers on the Boeing 737 Max that lost a door plug on a January flight told federal safety investigators that they felt pressure to do their jobs too fast to avoid mistakes, according to testimony released Tuesday at the start of a two-day investigative hearing.

‘Cockroaches of the factory’: Workers paint a picture of chaos and dysfunction at Boeing

Washington, DC

DC News Now

The pilot of a Boeing 737 Max jet described the door flying off of his jet as an “explosive experience” in thousands of pages of new documents, released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday.

Investigators reveal new details about Alaska Air door plug incident

TheDailyBeast

Boeing employees interviewed by federal investigators in the seven months since an Alaska Airlines flight suffered a terrifying mid-air blowout told of the chaos inside the aerospace company’s factories, according to transcripts released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday. The agency is holding a hearing on the matter, at which many of the transcripts were read into evidence. In one interview, an employee, identified as Door Master Lead, told investigators that quality problems on the assembly line were rife, and that crucial airplane parts—like door plugs—had to be continually replaced by untrained workers. “Somewhere, ’22 or ’23, we were replacing doors like we were replacing our underwear: forward doors, cargo doors, E/E bay doors,” he said. “The planes come in jacked up every day. Every day.” Jennifer Homendy, the chair of the NTSB, said at Tuesday’s hearing that top personnel at Boeing were more than aware of the chaos and pressure in its factories. “My point is here, these are all known issues,” she said at one point. “They have been known for a number of years.”Read it at The Washington PostRead more at The Daily Beast.

Boeing Worker Told Feds Broken Doors Were Replaced ‘Like Underwear’

Fox Business

Flight attendants on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 revealed disturbing details about the Jan 5. mid-air panel blowout incident, including fears that passengers were sucked out of the plane.

Alaska Air flight attendants reveal disturbing details from mid-air blowout scare

Hawaii State

Tampa, FL

Business Insider

The FAA is investigating after a Southwest flight headed to Tampa was diverted to Fort Lauderdale after reaching a dangerously low altitude.

A Southwest Boeing 737 Max was just 150 feet above the ocean before being told to pull up, reports say

Irish Star

United Airlines flight UA119 was travelling from Edinburgh to Chicago when it was forced to divert to Dublin after pilots detected a technical issue with the aircraft

Emergency landing at Dublin Airport as US-bound United Airlines flight faces 'hydraulic issues'

Mediaite

A $10 million cash withdrawal in Cairo made just days before former President Donald Trump took office in January 2017 triggered a secretive Justice Department investigation that sought to uncover whether he received financial support from Egypt’s government. The investigation, revealed in an exclusive report by The Washington Post...

Mysterious $10 Million Cash Withdrawal Triggered DOJ Investigation into Whether Trump Took Egyptian Funds

Colorado State

Penrose, CO

The owners of a funeral home accused of failing to cremate or bury human remains despite being paid to do so have been ordered to pay a judgment that could top $1 billion.

Colorado funeral home owners who allegedly mishandled 190 bodies ordered to pay nearly $1 billion to families of the deceased

Alabama State

The office of Alabama’s attorney general has settled a federal lawsuit filed by death row inmate Alan Miller over the state’s plan for him to become the second known person in the nation to be executed using nitrogen gas.

Alabama settles lawsuit with death row inmate set to become second executed by nitrogen gas

Chicago, IL

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

As a professional travel writer and all-around wanderluster, it seems like I'm always in a state of packing and unpacking for a flight. I log dozens of flights and many thousands of miles in the air each year for both work and leisure. Off the bat, here's a pro tip...

9 Things You Should Always Carry On A Plane, According To A Frequent Flier

North Korea claims it is sending 250 new tactical ballistic missile launchers toward its border with South Korea, in the latest bellicose declaration by leader Kim Jong Un against its neighbor.

North Korea claims it’s sending 250 new missile launchers toward the South Korean border

Disney Parks are the latest business to face slowing consumer demand in the face of higher prices.

Disney may have a parks problem

Germany will take in descendants of citizens denied their rights by the Nazis during the 1930s and ’40s. Some Jewish Americans are tackling the paperwork for more opportunities.

For some American Jews, a path to German citizenship opens options their ancestors never had

Time Out

Where do you stand (or rather sit) on window versus aisle? Do you choose a seat near the front of the plane or the rear? A new study by Upgraded Points reveals the airplane seats that Americans scramble to secure. The study reveals not only the most sought-after seats on a plane, but the reasons behind the choices, offering some insight when you book your next flight.

Revealed: the most sought-after airplane seats

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The Current GA

Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force .

Expert: Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – picture is unsettling

US transport safety officials investigating a mid-air emergency on a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane have released thousands of pages of documents, including testimony describing the "chaos" in the moments after the blowout of an unused door. It came as a two-day National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearing about the...

Alaska Air crew detail 'chaos' after mid-air blowout

Russia accused Ukrainian troops of crossing the border into the Kursk region, which, if confirmed, marks the first incursion of its kind from Ukraine and puts pressure on Moscow.

Video shows fighter jets flying over road during attack on Russian border town

CNN’s Elliot Gotkine reports rioters in the United Kingdom set fire and broke into hotels used to shelter immigrants and asylum seekers in Rotherham, as the country grapples with the worst social unrest it has seen in years.

Rioters attack hotels housing immigrants and asylum seekers amid UK disorder

WyoFile

The woman who shot a video of a hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday morning told WyoFile she and her family were terrified as the blast sent boiling water and rocks skyward, destroying parts of a boardwalk, its guardrail and a nearby bench.

Yellowstone hydrothermal explosion: ‘We were terrified’

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Boeing still doesn’t know who removed and reinstalled the part that blew off an Alaska Airlines jet

The door plug blowout on a 737 Max has brought all types of unwanted attention and legal problems to Boeing since the January 5 Alaska Airlines...

Boeing still doesn’t know who removed and reinstalled the part that blew off an Alaska Airlines jet

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