LOS ANGELES -- Passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight from Washington D.C. to Los Angeles endured a bit of a scare Thursday night when the plane made a rough landing after losing a tire on takeoff.

An Alaska Airlines plane blew a tire while taking off from Dulles International Airport in Virginia on Thursday and was forced to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles. Passengers braced for a ...

— -- Question: On a recent flight from IAD to LAX, our flight attendant announced that the plane's flaps were not functioning and asked the passengers to assume an emergency position for landing.

Alaska Airlines is making big changes to its route map. The Seattle-based carrier filed plans over the weekend to drop four high-profile routes over the next few months, as first seen in Cirium ...