Investigators reportedly found that the plane’s “engine bleed air fifth stage check” valves had the tendency to stick in the open position.
Alaska Airlines will officially join the oneworld alliance, becoming the group’s 14th member airline “around the end of the year”. The Seattle-based carrier has long looked to join the partnership, stating in February that it plans to join the alliance in summer 2021. “We’re excited to become a member of oneworld, the industry’s premier alliance,
Alaska Airlines Flight 422 has been turned back shortly after departing Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, after a passenger threatened to “kill everyone on board”. The plane, which departed on Saturday at 11:10pm bound for Chicago O’Hare, was still in ascent phase when the passenger became belligerent. A spokesperson for the airline said that the passenger became