Coverage dated January 5, 2024

Alaska Airlines grounds 737s after a piece of a plane wall detached mid-air

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An Alaska Airlines flight from Oregon to Southern California made an emergency landing Friday following a mid-air incident in which part of a side of the plane appeared to have detached.Flight 1282 landed safety at Portland International Airport, Port of Portland spokesperson Allison Ferre said in a…

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  1. WHEC Rochester

    Alaska Airlines grounds 737s after a piece of a plane wall detached mid-air (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    An Alaska Airlines flight from Oregon to Southern California made an emergency landing Friday following a mid-air incident in which part of a side of the plane appeared to have detached.Flight 1282 landed safety at Portland International Airport, Port of Portland spokesperson Allison Ferre said in a…

  2. WHEC Rochester

    Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Oregon after window and chunk of fuselage blow out (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon on Friday after a window and a chunk of its fuselage blew out in mid-air shortly after takeoff.

  3. Foxla

    Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing 737-9 planes after window blows out mid-flight (opens Foxla)

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    Passengers recalled the terrifying moments when an Alaska Airlines plane window blew out mid-flight, causing a child's shirt to be ripped off and forcing an emergency landing.

  4. Alaska Public Media

    Alaska Airlines 737 lands safely after a window blows out 3 miles over Oregon (opens Alaska Public Media)

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    The flight returned safely to Portland about 20 minutes after it took off. The airline has grounded all 65 of its Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft for inspections.

  5. NBC4 Washington

    Alaska Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Oregon after window and chunk of fuselage blow out mid-air (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon on Friday after a window and chunk of its fuselage blew out in mid-air, media reports said.

  6. My9nj

    FAA temporarily grounds Boeing 737-9 planes after window blows out mid-flight (opens My9nj)

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    Passengers recalled the terrifying moments when an Alaska Airlines plane window and piece of fuselage blew out mid-flight, causing a child's shirt to be ripped off and forcing an emergency landing.

  7. Delaware Public Media

    Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Oregon after window blows out (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    A window and a chunk of the plane's fuselage blew out shortly after takeoff Friday. The airline said the plane landed safely with 174 passengers and six crew members.

  8. FOX Business

    Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Portland after section of plane blew out mid-air (opens FOX Business)

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    An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Friday shortly after takeoff when a large portion of the aircraft blew out in mid-air.

  9. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Alaska Airlines grounds 737-9 aircraft after midair window blowout (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Alaska Airlines grounded all of its Boeing 737-9 aircraft late today, hours after a window and piece of fuselage on one such plane blew out in midair and forced an emergency landing in Portland, Ore. No one was seriously hurt.

  10. The Boston Globe

    Alaska Airlines grounds 737-9 aircraft after midair window blowout on flight from Portland, Oregon (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Alaska Airlines grounded all of its Boeing 737-9 aircraft late Friday, hours after a window and piece of fuselage on one such plane blew out in midair and forced an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon. No one was seriously hurt.

  11. MyNorthwest

    Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Oregon after mid-air blowout (opens MyNorthwest)

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    An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon on Friday after a window and chunk of its fuselage blew out in mid-air, media reports said.

  12. WTHR Indianapolis

    Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing 737-9 fleet after window blows out 3 miles over Oregon (opens WTHR Indianapolis)

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    The airline grounded its 65 Boeing 737-9 aircraft until they can be inspected.

  13. Foxla

    Alaska Airlines plane loses window mid-air (opens Foxla)

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    An Alaska Airlines plane heading to Southern California was forced to make an emergency landing after the plane's window blew out.

  14. KREM Spokane

    Alaska Airlines flight forced to make emergency landing at Portland airport after panel on side of plane blows out (opens KREM Spokane)

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    The flight, No. 1282, was heading from PDX to Ontario, California. Photos show that a panel on the back left side of the plane blew out during the flight.

  15. New York Post

    Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing after window blows out mid-flight as child who sat near hole loses shirt (opens New York Post)

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    An Alaska Airlines flight turned into a nightmare when a section of the plane blew out mid-flight, reportedly sucking out passengers’ belongings and forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing i…

  16. East Idaho News

    Alaska Airlines 737 window blows out 3 miles over Portland (opens East Idaho News)

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    PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — An Alaska Airlines jetliner blew out a window and a portion of its fuselage shortly after takeoff three miles above Oregon, creating a gaping hole that sucked clothing off a child and forced the pilots to make an emergency landing as its 174 passengers and six crew members do…

  17. People

    Alaska Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Portland After Part of Plane's Cabin Blows out Mid-Air (opens People)

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    Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 made an emergency landing in Portland International Airport after part of the plane blew out mid air. All passengers and crew members landed safely, per the airline.

  18. CBS News

    Alaska Airlines flight forced to make emergency landing after window blows out in mid-air (opens CBS News)

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    An Alaska Airlines flight traveling from Portland, Oregon, to Ontario, California, had to make an emergency landing Friday night after a portion of the aircraft blew out mid-air.

  19. The Daily Caller

    Large Airplane Window Section Blows Open, Forcing Emergency Landing (opens The Daily Caller)

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    An Alaska airline flight was reportedly forced to make an emergency landing Friday night after a large window section was ejected, video footage showed.

  20. The Columbian

    Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing at Portland International Airport after window, chunk of fuselage blow out (opens The Columbian)

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    PORTLAND — An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon on Friday after a window and chunk of its fuselage blew out in midair, media reports said.

  21. KTVU San Francisco

    Alaska Airlines flight out of Portland involved in incident, emergency landing reported (opens KTVU San Francisco)

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    Alaska Airlines says they are investigating an incident involving one of their flights scheduled to fly out of Portland, Oregon on Friday. Photos shared with KTVU show a section of the blown-out plane.

  22. Deutsche Welle

    Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing 737-9 after emergency landing – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The airline's pilot was forced to land the aircraft some 20 minutes after take off after a window blew out in flight. Boeing said it was gathering information and was ready to support the investigation.

  23. WMUR

    Alaska Airlines grounds all Boeing 737-9 Max planes after window appears to blow off in flight, forcing emergency landing (opens WMUR)

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    A panel of the fuselage, including the panel's window, popped off shortly after takeoff,

  24. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Oregon after window and chunk of fuselage blow out | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Oregon after window and chunk of fuselage blow out

  25. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Portland after window appears to have blown out after takeoff | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Sara Smart, Sharif Paget, Pete Muntean and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing Friday evening in

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