Alaska Boeing 737 MAX9 suffers rapid depressurization and loss of window and fuselage components. The flight was from Portland Oregon to Ontario International Airport in San Bernardino County, California. It departed Portland at 4:40 p.m. and was back on the ground in Portland around 5:30 p.m.
UPDATE ALASKA GROUNDS 737 MAX9 11:40 p.m. Pacific time, Jan. 5. A statement from Alaska Airlines CEO
At Alaska Airlines, safety is our foundational value and the most important thing we focus on every day. Following tonight’s event on Flight 1282, we have decided to take the precautionary step of temporarily grounding our fleet of 65 Boeing 737-9 aircraft. Each aircraft will be returned to service only after completion of full maintenance and safety inspections. We anticipate all inspections will be completed in the next few days.
I am personally committed to doing everything we can to conduct this review in a timely and transparent way.
We are working with Boeing and regulators to understand what occurred tonight, and will share updates as more information is available. The NTSB is investigating this event and we will fully support their investigation.
My heart goes out to those who were on this flight – I am so sorry for what you experienced. I am so grateful for the response of our pilots and flight attendants. We have teams on the ground in Portland assisting passengers and are working to support guests who are traveling in the days ahead.
For the 737-9 MAX, Boeing includes a rear cabin exit door aft of the wings, but before the rear exit door. This is used in dense seating configurations to meet evacuation requirements. The doors are not activated on Alaska Airlines aircraft and are permanently “plugged.” Unfortunately it seem to have come “unplugged”
The flight was the aircraft’s third flight of the day and second take off. It had flown from San Diego to New York overnight and then on to Portland earlier in the day.
In a miracle of miracle Alaska confirmed 174 passengers and 6 crew members were aboard the flight and that there were no injuries
BOEING 737 NG / MAX – MSN 67501 N704AL
Serial number 67501 LN:8789
Type 737-9MAX
Plane age 1 months
Seat configuration C16 Y162 Seat
Hex code A96375
Engines 2 x CFMI LEAP-1B
Source – Airline Secret Exposed Facebook Page
