A pilot jumped out of the door of a moving plane to his death, leaving the student he was teaching to fly to land the aircraft by herself.
The pilot's lawyers say Boeing's attempts to deflect liability led to the pilot being sued by some passengers and caused him great distress.
The plane returned to the airport after losing power in one engine, according to United Airlines.
Released cockpit audio and dash cam footage help reconstruct the emergency on a 2023 flight to San Francisco when an off-duty pilot, who had taken psychedelic mushrooms two days before, tried to shut down the engines. "I was trying to wake up," he said.
Airlines around the world canceled and delayed flights heading into the weekend to fix software on a widely used commercial aircraft.
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