Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 jet makes emergency landing after window blows out



An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon on Friday after a window and a chunk of its fuselage blew out in mid-air shortly after takeoff.

A passenger posted a photo showing a gaping hole in the side of the aeroplane next to passenger seats. It was not immediately clear if anyone was injured.

The airline said the plane landed safely with 174 passengers and six crew members.

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35 thoughts on “Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 jet makes emergency landing after window blows out”

  1. The spokesperson saying that the US has the safest aviation standards must have not heard of New Zealand or Australia? Boeing is a problem – management that does not understand engineering operation is useless. Boeing must not be allowed to fly worldwide.

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  2. Doesn't anyone find it weird that the plane was completely full, except for the two seats next to the blown out window area? Did they know of some potential structural problem before hand with the window that can be converted into an extra emergency exit?

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  3. I worked for the Lazy B back in the 90s and saw the company culture shift from one driven by engineers to directed by bean counters, same corporate mentality that ruined NASA and the Armed Forces in this country. I guess they still haven't learned from their disastrous experience with outsourcing on the 787 project. Thank God I got the hell out of there when I did.

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  4. If Boeing had a lick of sense they would take over spirit Aerosystems and bring fuselage production back in house. The supplier had fuselage QC issues on the 737 and 787 last year!

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  5. all 737 should be taken out of business, the design 56 years old. What we see is all sort of creative fixes to an outdated design. That this results in totally unsafe aircraft is not a surprise, it is a certainty.!

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  6. Anyone find it odd that no one was seated next to the exit? When I fly, I always try to get that seat because of the leg room, as do many others frequent fliers do? No one did on this flight?

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