© Reuters. An Alaska Airways plane is pictured touchdown on the Benito Juarez Airport in Mexico Metropolis, Mexico December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso/File Photograph
(Reuters) – The Nationwide Transportation Security Board mentioned late Friday it was investigating after an Alaska Airways Boeing (NYSE:) 737 MAX 9 made an emergency touchdown shortly after taking off from Portland.
Alaska Airways Flight 1282, which had been certain for Ontario, California, skilled an incident quickly after departure and landed safely again at Portland at 5:26 p.m. Pacific Time with 174 passengers and 6 crew, in response to the airline and Flightradar24 knowledge.
Social media posts confirmed a window and portion of a aspect wall lacking on the airplane. Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration didn’t instantly remark.