Alaska flight 17

Scheduled time of departure from John F. The duration of the flight is 6 hours 30 minutes.

Alaska Airlines Flight was a scheduled U. Shortly after takeoff on January 5, , a door plug a structure installed to replace an optional emergency exit door on the Boeing MAX 9 aircraft, which was not bolted in place due to a manufacturing error, blew out causing an uncontrolled decompression of the aircraft. The aircraft returned to Portland for an emergency landing. All passengers and six crew members survived the accident, with three receiving minor injuries. A preliminary report published on February 6 said that four bolts, intended to secure the door plug, had been missing when the accident occurred and that Boeing records showed evidence that the plug had been reinstalled with no bolts prior to initial delivery of the aircraft. The aircraft involved was a Boeing MAX 9 typically referred to as model in official FAA documents with manufacturer's serial number , fuselage line number , and registered as NAL. It was around two months old at the time of the accident: it first flew on October 15, , was delivered to Alaska Airlines on October 31, and entered service on November

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Tue 16 Jan Arrived Delayed by 96 minutes.

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R eaders of Aviation Maintenance may recall my article published in March about Alaska Airlines flight , an MD that crashed off the coast of California www. While investigating that accident, my NTSB colleagues launched on yet another maintenance-related crash that occurred about miles north of where Alaska went down. This second crash occurred on February 16, — 16 days after Alaska — and involved a Douglas DC-8 airliner operated by Emery Worldwide Airlines see main image as flight Still, three crewmembers died, and the findings from the investigation continue to echo lessons that every mechanic and maintenance manager should heed. Emery flight 17 slammed into an automobile salvage yard less than two minutes after lifting off from runway 22L at Mather Airport in Sacramento, California, while attempting to return to the airport for an emergency landing.

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Mon 01 Jan Arrived Early. The aircraft involved was a Boeing MAX 9 typically referred to as model in official FAA documents with manufacturer's serial number , fuselage line number , and registered as NAL. February 6, Alaska Airlines destinations Horizon Air destinations. On January 15, in a message to employees, Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Stan Deal announced "immediate" actions the company is taking to bolster quality assurance and controls in production. The agency said some operators doing inspections on those aircraft "noted findings with bolts during the maintenance inspections". On aircraft with less dense configurations, such as those operated by Alaska Airlines seats and United Airlines seats , the doors are not required and plugs are installed in their place. Alaska Airlines News. Sat 06 Jan Arrived Delayed by 48 minutes. Wed 21 Feb Arrived Early. Tue 20 Feb Arrived Early. Wed 03 Jan Arrived Early. On average, nonstop flight takes 6 hour s 30 minutes , with the flight distance of km miles.

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Mon 19 Feb Arrived Early. Fri 29 Dec Arrived Early. The decompression event caused the cockpit door to fly open and hit the lavatory door, which initially became stuck. Thu 14 Dec Arrived Early. Wed 07 Feb Arrived Early. Archived from the original on January 9, Sun 31 Dec Arrived Early. Times in PST , January 5, The first officer had 8, flight hours, with 1, of them on the Boeing Archived from the original on March 4,