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Alaska Airlines jet Lands in Emergency in Klamath Falls

AlaskaThe Alaska Airlines flight, from Orange County, California to Seattle, made an emergency landing at the Crater Lake-Klamath Falls Regional Airport in Oregon, at 3:30 p.m. on July 27.

The flight was diverted due to fuel leakage in one of the engines, according to Bill Hancock, airport operations manager.

The plane, having 160 passengers and crew members aboard, landed safely.

The Alaska Airlines sent another Jet from Seattle at about 6 p.m. to pick up the stranded passengers from the Klamath Falls.

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