Alaska Airlines Flight 1282
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Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Alaska Airlines from Portland International Airport in Portland, Oregon, to Ontario International Airport in Ontario,
The aircraft with plastic sheeting covering the missing door plug
N704AL, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in 2023
Door installed
Opening plugged
Uncontrolled decompression
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An uncontrolled decompression is an undesired drop in the pressure of a sealed system, such as a pressurised aircraft cabin or hyperbaric chamber, that typically results from human error, structural f
Alaska Airlines Flight 1282
…International Airport in Ontario, California. Shortly after takeoff on January 5, 2024, a door plug on the Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft blew out, causing an uncontrolled decompression of the aircraft. The aircraft returned to Portland for an emergency landing. All 171 passengers and 6 crew members survived the accident, with three…
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