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Updated on: March 11, 2024 / 2:34 PM PDT / CBS/Bay City News Service A Santa Rosa family of three -- including a 2-year-old child -- suffered only minor injuries after their small plane lost engine power and deployed an onboard parachute that floated the aircraft down into a remote part of Mendocino County last Frid...

SKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.The LatestBoeing’s New CrisisA Harrowing FlightHow a ‘Door Plug’ Blew OffThe investigation is tied to an incident on an Alaska Airlines flight in early Januar...

As Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 made its ascent on Jan. 5, few, if any, passengers knew that a panel called a “door plug” — hidden behind the interior surface of the cabin at both window seats in Row 26 — was all that stood between them and the cold evening sky. Nor did they know that when the jet reached an altitude...

It was only when I attempted to make small talk with my visibly squirming seatmate on a Raleigh-Durham to New York flight that I realized it was me causing that look of horror on his face, rather than the slight turbulence we had been experiencing since takeoff. A friendly chat, I had thought, might help distract hi...

SKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.The plane made an emergency landing at the Portland, Ore., international airport after losing a chunk of its fuselage, according to passengers.A photo provide...