An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to return to Portland, Oregon, on Friday, after a window on the Boeing blew off midflight.
The plane departed from the Portland International Airport at 4:52 p.m. Pacific time but returned just before 5:30 p.m. The passenger plane was expected to land at the Ontario International Airport in Ontario, California.
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It is unclear what caused the window to blow out or how many windows were affected, but passengers told Oregon news outlet Fox-12 that the depressurization from the missing windows caused a child’s shirt to be ripped off. However, no injuries have been reported so far.
An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Portland International Airport after a window blew out mid-air, passengers say
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Friday’s incident was not the first time that a plane operated without a window. The flight crew on a plane that departed London in November discovered two windows were missing on an Airbus A321 bound for the United States.
“Several passengers recalled that after takeoff the aircraft cabin seemed noisier and colder than they were used to,” investigators with the U.K.’s Air Accident Investigation Branch wrote in a report on Nov. 4, 2023. A crew member then walked toward the back of the plane and spotted a window seal flapping on the left side of the aircraft.
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No one on the London plane was injured, and all passengers were seated in the middle of the aircraft, according to NPR.
The Washington Examiner has reached out to Alaska Airlines for comment.
