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Alaska Airlines Flight Diverts to Kansas City due to Loss of Cabin Pressure

Alaska Airlines flight AS-1097 made an emergency landing in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 16th.

The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, to Los Angeles, California, was diverted due to loss of cabin pressure.

The plane landed safely. All one hundred and fifty passengers aboard remained unharmed.

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Alaska Airlines Plane Diverts to Buffalo due to Smoking Credit-Card Reader

Alaska AirlinesAlaska Airlines flight 17 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, New York, on October 12,

The plane, en-route from Newark, New Jersey to Seattle, Washington, was diverted after the crew reported smoke coming out of a credit card reader. According to airline spokesperson Halley Knigge, apparently the smoke was caused due to a melting battery. “The flight crew used a fire extinguisher to stop the device from smoking while the captain made flight emergency arrangements,” she said.

The plane landed safely. There were 181 passengers and 6 crew members aboard at the time; none of them were harmed.

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Ramp Agent Fell Asleep in Cargo Hold of LA-Bound Alaska Airlines Plane

Alaska AirlinesAlaska Airlines flight 448 was forced to return and make an emergency landing in Seattle, Washington, on April 13.

The plane took off for Los Angeles but had to return immediately after the pilot reported unusual banging noise.

The plane landed back uneventfully. All 170 passengers and 6 crew members remained unharmed.

The airline said a ramp agent was found inside the front cargo hold of the aircraft. The agent said he had fallen asleep.

The ramp agent was taken to hospital as a precaution while the aircraft resumed the flight.

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Alaska Passenger Jet Almost Collided with Cargo Plane Over Fire Island

AlaskaAccording to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), a passenger jet and a cargo plane had a ‘near miss’, after they were recorded to be less than a quarter mile apart over Fire Island, New York, on May 27.

The Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 was about to land at the runway #15 of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport at about 3:08 p.m. when the air traffic controllers asked the pilot to ‘go-around’. The instruction was given to avoid a Sand Point-bound Ace Air Cargo Beechcraft 1900, which was taking off from the airport.

The passenger jet swerved off towards right; the cargo plane also took off and turned in the same direction. Above Fire Island, the aircrafts crossed each other at the same elevation within a quarter mile distance.

The Alaska airlines flight 135 landed without incident and all 143 passengers and 5 crew members remained unharmed.
NTSB has launched an investigation, led by a senior air traffic control specialist, based in Washington D.C. According to NTSB spokesperson Clint Johnson, “He’s going to be reviewing radar data, he’s going to be reviewing the conversations between the two pilots, the two flight crews and air traffic control and also looking at policies and procedures to look and document the circumstances that led up to this incident.”