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Alaska Airlines 737 had three pressurization warnings days before mid-air blowout
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Alaska Airlines had placed restrictions on a Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft following three pressurization warnings in the days before the plane was involved in a mid-air door-covering blowout on Friday, investigators say.
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The jet had been prevented from making long-haul flights over water, according to Jennifer Homendy of the US National Transportation Safety Board. Homendy said the decision was made following the warnings so that if the plane had a pressurization problem it could land at any nearby airport.
Homendy said pilots reported pressurization warning lights on three previous flights made by the specific Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 involved in the incident, according to the BBC.
The plane that left Portland, Oregon, had 177 passengers and crew onboard when a part of the fuselage blew out, leaving a gaping hole in the plane and causing oxygen masks to drop from the ceiling.
The force of the depressurization caused a child to have his shirt sucked from his body, according to the boy’s mother.
One passenger, Diego Murillo, said the gap left by the missing component was “as wide as a refrigerator.” According to the NTSB, the missing section of the plane was found in the backyard of a Portland teacher.
The plane was able to return to Portland and land safely.
It is not clear whether there is a link between the warning lights and whatever caused the blowout, but “An additional maintenance look” was requested but “not completed” before the plane took off on Friday, Homendy said.
The incident prompted Alaska Airlines to ground all of its Boeing 737 Max 9 planes. The plane involved in the incident was new and delivered to Alaska Airlines in October.
The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the grounding of some Boeing Max 9 planes operated by U.S. airlines or flown into the country by foreign carriers until they are inspected, according to the AP. The emergency order affects about 171 planes worldwide.
The flight that left Portland on Friday reached 16,000 feet before it began its emergency descent, according to flight tracking data.
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On Friday, Alaska Airlines petitioned a U.S. judge to dismiss a consumer lawsuit challenging its planned $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines. The airline argued that the transaction would not unlawfully consolidate its power within the transportation industry.
In its filing with the Hawaii federal court, Alaska Airlines contended that the lawsuit, filed by consumers in April, failed to demonstrate any “concrete, particularized and impending harm” that passengers would face if the deal proceeded. Reuters reported that Alaska Airlines described the plaintiffs as “serial litigants” who had previously filed lawsuits over other airline mergers, labeling their claims as “boilerplate.”
Alaska Airlines refrained from commenting further on Friday. Meanwhile, the attorney representing the plaintiffs, a group of eight airline passengers from Hawaii, California, and other states, did not immediately respond to requests for comment, according to Reuters.
Alaska Airlines’ Hawaiian Acquisition Faces Antitrust Scrutiny
The lawsuit alleges that the merger would exacerbate the current trend towards concentration and reduced competition in the airline industry, which the plaintiffs argue is “unmatched, unparalleled, and dangerous.” In response, Alaska Airlines asserted in its filing that the merger would significantly expand customer access to global destinations.
The proposed acquisition is currently under antitrust review by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Both Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines have stated they are cooperating with the DOJ and expect to continue doing so, as reported by Reuters in March.
The case, titled Warren Yoshimoto et al v. Alaska Airlines and Alaska Air Group, is being heard in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, under case number 1:24-cv-00173.
Source: Reuters
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Very strong mag. 6.0 earthquake – North Pacific Ocean, 23 mi southeast of Amukta Island, Aleutians West, Alaska, United States, on Sunday, May 19, 2024, at 12:35 am (GMT -9) –
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The bodies of two men have been recovered from a plane that was found face down in a lake, Alaska State Troopers said Saturday.
Troopers were notified late Friday of the upside-down aircraft in Six Mile Lake near the Athabascan community of Nondalton, located about 200 miles (322 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage.
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The bodies of Dave Hedgers, 58, and Aaron Fryer, 45, were found by a dive team dead inside the aircraft, troopers said in an online post. No hometowns were provided.
The bodies will be sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Anchorage.
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The National Transportation Safety Board said on the social media platform X that it would investigate the crash of a Taylorcraft BC-12 aircraft near Nondalton.
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