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A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet sits at a gate at the Tulsa International Airport Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Tulsa. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ** FILE **

Southwest shakes up board after coming under pressure from big shareholder

By David Koenig - Associated Press

FILE - A United Airlines jetliner rumbles down a runway for take off from Denver International Airport on Jan. 16, 2024, in Denver. United reports earnings on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Turbulence jars United flight; 7 injured

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Former NFL player and NFL Network's Terrell Davis is interviewed during a media availability on set at the NFL Network studios, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in Culver City, Calif. Davis posted an email from United Airlines Tuesday, July 30, 2024, saying he was banned from flying the airline until a review of an incident earlier this month was complete, but United officials said that ban was sent and then rescinded weeks ago. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File) **FILE**

Hall of Famer Terrell Davis says United banned him after flight incident

By Jesse Bedayn - Associated Press

FILE - A Delta Air Lines jet leaves the gate, Friday, July 19, 2024, at Logan International Airport in Boston. Some airline issues are continuing on Monday after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and resulted in several carriers grounding flights, but the number of flights impacted is declining. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Most airlines except one are recovering from the CrowdStrike tech outage. The feds have noticed

By David Koenig - Associated Press

A United Airlines Boeing 787 approaches for landing in Lisbon, Sept. 2, 2023, with the setting moon in the background. United Airlines reports their earnings on Tuesday, april 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

United Airlines flight attendants might vote on strike consent

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Former NFL player Terrell Davis delivers his speech during induction ceremonies at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, in Canton, Ohio. Davis said Monday, July 15, 2024, he was “humiliated" after being handcuffed and removed from a United Airlines flight, then later apologized to by law enforcement, over the weekend. Davis, who previously played for the Denver Broncos, wrote in an Instagram post that he had tapped a flight attendant on the arm, prompting the employee to shout “don't hit me” and hurry toward the front of the plane. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)

Pro Football Hall of Famer says he was unjustly handcuffed, ‘humiliated’ on United Airlines flight

By Jesse Bedayn - Associated Press

A United Airlines Boeing 787 approaches for landing in Lisbon, Sept. 2, 2023, with the setting moon in the background. United Airlines reports their earnings on Tuesday, april 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

Mom claims she was kicked off a plane for misgendering a flight attendant

By Staff - The Washington Times

A United Airlines Boeing 787 approaches for landing in Lisbon, Sept. 2, 2023, with the setting moon in the background. United Airlines reports their earnings on Tuesday, april 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

British national who disrupted United Airlines flight ordered to pay $20K

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Colorado Rockies hitting coach Hensley Meulens chats with players as they warm up before a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Denver. Federal aviation official said Friday, April 19, 2024, that they are investigating a video that appears to show Meulens sitting in the cockpit of a United Airlines charter flight while it was en route from Denver to Toronto on April 10. Unauthorized persons are not allowed onto aircraft flight decks under federal regulations. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Federal officials investigating cockpit visit by Rockies coach during United flight

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Colorado Rockies hitting coach Hensley Meulens chats with players as they warm up before a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Denver. Federal aviation official said Friday, April 19, 2024, that they are investigating a video that appears to show Meulens sitting in the cockpit of a United Airlines charter flight while it was en route from Denver to Toronto on April 10. Unauthorized persons are not allowed onto aircraft flight decks under federal regulations. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

FAA investigating United Airlines for allegedly allowing Rockies coach in a cockpit during flight

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

FILE - An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 awaits inspection at the airline's hangar at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Jan. 10, 2024, in SeaTac, Wash. Alaska Airlines said Thursday, April 4, that Boeing paid the carrier $160 million in “initial compensation” for a panel that blew out of an Alaska Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner in January. The airline said that it expects additional compensation, the terms of which it said are confidential. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Boeing pays Alaska Airlines $160 million in compensation for the blowout of a panel during flight

By David Koenig - Associated Press

A United Airlines Boeing 787 approaches for landing in Lisbon, Sept. 2, 2023, with the setting moon in the background. Don't have enough airline miles for that free flight? United Airlines is now letting people pool and share their frequent-flyer points with family and friends, the airline announced Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

Airplane forced to return to airport after feces from broken toilet flows into cabin

By Staff - The Washington Times

Two United Airlines Boeing 737s are parked at the gate at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 7, 2022. United Airlines said Friday, March 22, 2024, that federal regulators are increasing their oversight of the carrier following a series of recent incidents including a piece of the outer fuselage falling off one jet and another suffering an engine fire on takeoff. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

United Airlines says federal regulators will increase oversight of the company following issues

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Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines, during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation oversight hearing, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The CEO of United Airlines says that a slew of recent incidents ranging from a panel that fell off a plane to another jet losing a wheel on takeoff will cause the airline to review its safety training for employees. In a memo to customers on Monday, March 18, 2024, Kirby tried to reassure travelers that safety is the airline's top priority.(Tom Brenner/The Washington Post via AP, File, Pool)

United Airlines CEO tries to reassure customers that the airline is safe despite recent incidents

By David Koenig - Associated Press

Boeing plane found to have missing panel after United Airlines flight from California to Oregon

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An American Airlines Boeing 777 is framed by utility wires as it prepares to land at Miami International Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Miami. An American Airlines flight landed safely in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, after the flight crew reported a potential mechanical issue with the plane. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Federal officials say they’re investigating a tire problem on an American Airlines flight to L.A.

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Two United Airlines Boeing 737s are parked at the gate at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 7, 2022. United Airlines said Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, that it plans to resume flights to Israel in March, reviving a route that was suspended in October 2023 at the start of the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

United Airlines flight diverted to Los Angeles after tire falls off

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Passengers had to be evacuated from a United Airlines plane after it rolled off a runway and got stuck in the grass in Houston Friday morning. Photo credit: from video via Associated Press.

United Airlines plane rolls off runway in Houston, passenger heard ‘huge pop’

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In this April 10, 2019, file photo, a Boeing 737 Max 8 airplane lands following a test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle. Federal investigators have confirmed in a report Thursday, March 7, 2023, an account by pilots who say the rudder controls on their Boeing Max jetliner failed during a landing last month. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Investigators say they confirmed pilots’ account of a rudder-control failure on a Boeing Max jet

By David Koenig - Associated Press

In this image taken from video provided by Cali Planes, a United Airlines Boeing 777 bound for Japan loses a tire as it takes off from San Francisco International Airport, Thursday, March 7, 2024. The plane made a safe emergency landing in Los Angeles. (Cali Planes via AP)

United Airlines plane makes a safe emergency landing in L.A. after losing a tire during takeoff

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