Alaska Airlines 737 MAX Incident

A potential tragedy was narrowly avoided on Friday night (Jan 5, 2023) when a panel on the Boeing plane blew out at 16,000 feet during an Alaska Airlines (AS) flight AS1282

Alaska Airlines (AS) took the decision to ground all its Boeing 737-9 (737 MAX 9) aircraft after a window and a section of fuselage on one of these planes blew out midair, leading to an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon.

Alaska Airlines (AS) flight, AS1282, had to make an emergency landing at Portland International Airport (PDX) on Friday night after a significant portion of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 blew out mid-air