Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing after window blows out

[IceIce9]

My daughter is an aviation mechanic and feels this might finally be the incident to make car seats mandatory for infants currently traveling in adult laps. There were THREE lap babies on the flight. Horrifying

Flying with a baby in a lap is very risky. Just ordinary turbulence can cause injury.

It isn’t safe, and I can’t believe car seats aren’t mandatory.

 

[IceIce9]

How can an iPhone fall 16,000 feet and still work, when mine broke after falling from my pocket to the floor, lol.

See the iPhone that survived getting sucked out of an Alaska Airlines plane and fell 16,000 feet

The iPhone was found with a broken charger under a bush after being sucked out of a plane 16,000 feet in the air – and still had the flight passenger's confirmation and baggage claim information open.

www.cbsnews.com

When a door plug on an Alaska Airlines plane suddenly ripped off minutes into a flight on Friday evening, everyone on board remained safe, but several objects were sucked out of the aircraft and fell roughly 16,000 feet – including what appears to be an intact and working iPhone.

 

[BeginnerSleuther]

I don't think this is an Alaskan Airlines problem really. The plane was new. The sensor warnings were just, as I understand, general pressure sensors, not associated with the door per se. So there is no real thread, just the idea that if there is a problem, the plane can descend, but needs to be close to an airport. I don't really see this decision by Alaska Air as callous, just realistic. Alaska Air I believe has the best safety record in the nation.

IMO, if there was thought about being close to an airport and not over water, then they absolutely gave consideration to a threat. They just didn't do anything about it.

MOO

 

[Oregonmama]

Another Alaskan flight, different plane model, made an emergency landing in PDX today. Originated in WA going to HI. Radio issue.

 

[Oregonmama]

Here are some stories from the flight......

‘Are we going down?’ Passengers on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 describe fear, confusion

A Washington grandmother with her two grandchildren, ages 5 and 7, and a Portland architect gave their accounts of the flight.

www.oregonlive.com

 

[Cool Cats]

How can an iPhone fall 16,000 feet and still work, when mine broke after falling from my pocket to the floor, lol.

See the iPhone that survived getting sucked out of an Alaska Airlines plane and fell 16,000 feet

The iPhone was found with a broken charger under a bush after being sucked out of a plane 16,000 feet in the air – and still had the flight passenger's confirmation and baggage claim information open.

www.cbsnews.com

When a door plug on an Alaska Airlines plane suddenly ripped off minutes into a flight on Friday evening, everyone on board remained safe, but several objects were sucked out of the aircraft and fell roughly 16,000 feet – including what appears to be an intact and working iPhone.

MSN

This iPhone passed the ultimate drop test after falling from a plane – here’s how it survived​

 

[Lucy6226]

Here are some stories from the flight......

‘Are we going down?’ Passengers on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 describe fear, confusion

A Washington grandmother with her two grandchildren, ages 5 and 7, and a Portland architect gave their accounts of the flight.

www.oregonlive.com

Absolutely terrifying. The grandma was amazing though, she kept those kiddies calm and explained that this was very unlikely to happen again and off on a plane they got the next day. Think it would put me off flying for life, despite the odds!!

 

[Oregonmama]

Absolutely terrifying. The grandma was amazing though, she kept hose kiddies calm and explained that this was very unlikely to happen again and off on a plane they got the next day. Think it would put me off flying for life, despite the odds!!

My husband's ears were still popping a few days after. He is a strong guy but literally lost it when he saw the area where our house was when the plane did a huge circle around the metro area.

 

[Cool Cats]

My husband's ears were still popping a few days after. He is a strong guy but literally lost it when he saw the area where our house was when the plane did a huge circle around the metro area.

Your husband was on it?

WOW! ......... feel shaky just thinking about it!

Was anyone sitting in the row of seats by the open hole?

 

[iamshadow21]

Your husband was on it?

WOW! ......... feel shaky just thinking about it!

Was anyone sitting in the row of seats by the open hole?

No, not according to articles I've read. Passengers in nearby seats were injured, though, and I think they said one teenager had clothing ripped off from the decompression.

MOO

 

[ilovewings]

My husband was a passenger on that flight. Everyone who didn't get their cell phones sucked out the window texted their oved ones. Very scary to get all those texts from my husband. The plane did a huge circle over the Portland metro area to descend to allow more breathable air in and my husband saw the area where our house was. Thankfully everyone came out alive !

OMG! - Thank goodness your husband and all those passengers are ok- I am sure all the passengers are traumatized though!

 

[Oregonmama]

Your husband was on it?

WOW! ......... feel shaky just thinking about it!

Was anyone sitting in the row of seats by the open hole?

Yes, my husband was a passenger. No one was sitting by the window where the door was.

 

[Oregonmama]

Here we go.... more to come !

Passenger plans to sue Boeing, Alaska over blown out door incident

PORTLAND Ore. -- It has been less than a week since the Alaska airlines flight 1282 incident.Already, there is at least one lawsuit looming.An attorney in Seatt

katu.com

 

[Oregonmama]

Boeing's design of a part that blew off a jetliner is being investigated by the federal government

The FAA said Thursday that the investigation is focusing on door plugs like the one that came off an Alaska Airlines Boeing jetliner over Oregon.

www.kgw.com

"Federal officials are investigating whether Boeing failed to make sure a panel that blew off a jetliner in midflight last week was properly designed and safe to use.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that the investigation is focusing on plugs used to fill spots for extra exits when those doors are not required on Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners."

 

[ElizB]

Undamaged plug exit on Alaska Max 9 had fasteners tightened during assembly

 

[Cool Cats]

Here we go.... more to come !

Passenger plans to sue Boeing, Alaska over blown out door incident

PORTLAND Ore. -- It has been less than a week since the Alaska airlines flight 1282 incident.Already, there is at least one lawsuit looming.An attorney in Seatt

katu.com

From your linked article, I want to know what mistakes is he talking about?

MISTAKES = LIABILITY in a lawsuit

"Alaska Airlines has potential liability because someone in their chain of command decided it was not safe to fly over the ocean, but somehow was safe to fly over land,” said Mark Lindquist, attorney.
The potential lawsuit comes as Boeing’s CEO, Dave Calhoun, is admitting the company made mistakes.

"We're going to approach this number one, acknowledging our mistake. We're going to approach it with 100% complete transparency every step of the way," Calhoun said in an emotional video shared on the company’s website.

 

[Oregonmama]

From your linked article, I want to know what mistakes is he talking about?

MISTAKES = LIABILITY in a lawsuit

"Alaska Airlines has potential liability because someone in their chain of command decided it was not safe to fly over the ocean, but somehow was safe to fly over land,” said Mark Lindquist, attorney.
The potential lawsuit comes as Boeing’s CEO, Dave Calhoun, is admitting the company made mistakes.

"We're going to approach this number one, acknowledging our mistake. We're going to approach it with 100% complete transparency every step of the way," Calhoun said in an emotional video shared on the company’s website.

The mistake was Alaska internally forbid those planes to fly over the ocean, only permitting to use over land on the advice of another company and someone internally in the airline. I cant go further in detail about this. There was an article about that earlier in the week.

 

[Cool Cats]

The mistake was Alaska internally forbid those planes to fly over the ocean, only permitting to use over land on the advice of another company and someone internally in the airline. I cant go further in detail about this. There was an article about that earlier in the week.

Why can't you go further in detail about this? Not in MSM?

According to this article:

The nation’s top accident investigator says warning lights were triggered on three flights, including each of the two days before the brand-new Boeing 737 Max 9 suffered a terrifying fuselage blowout Friday night.

Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said maintenance crews checked the plane and cleared it to fly — but the airline decided not to use it for the long route to Hawaii over water so that it “could return very quickly to an airport” if the warning light reappeared.

Alaska Airlines’ decision not to ground Boeing jet despite warning signs comes under scrutiny

Alaska Airlines' decision not to ground Boeing jet despite warning signs comes under scrutiny

The decision by Alaska Airlines to stop flying one of its planes due to warnings — yet keep flying it over land — is raising questions.

apnews.com

 

[Oregonmama]

Why can't you go further in detail about this? Not in MSM?

According to this article:

The nation’s top accident investigator says warning lights were triggered on three flights, including each of the two days before the brand-new Boeing 737 Max 9 suffered a terrifying fuselage blowout Friday night.

Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said maintenance crews checked the plane and cleared it to fly — but the airline decided not to use it for the long route to Hawaii over water so that it “could return very quickly to an airport” if the warning light reappeared.

Alaska Airlines' decision not to ground Boeing jet despite warning signs comes under scrutiny

The decision by Alaska Airlines to stop flying one of its planes due to warnings — yet keep flying it over land — is raising questions.

apnews.com

There are other articles out there. I just can't go further legality wise.

 

[drama_farmer]

The mistake was Alaska internally forbid those planes to fly over the ocean, only permitting to use over land on the advice of another company and someone internally in the airline. I cant go further in detail about this. There was an article about that earlier in the week.

It was the Boeing CEO who talked about "mistakes" that were made, on their part. He didn't elaborate further. Once the Ntsb preliminary report comes out, we'll find out more