Alaska Airlines check-in counter at Portland International Airport.Photo:Getty
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Alaska Airlines is offering 30 percent off flights for a limited time following themid-air blowout incidentthat occurred on one of its planes earlier in January.
The airline’sofficial websiteimplies the sale is in celebration of their return to “reliable operation” now that their formerly grounded Boeing 737-Max 9 aircrafts have beencleared for travelfollowing weeks of inspection.
“We are returning to the reliable operation that you’ve come to expect from Alaska,” their website states.
Alaska Airlines plane departing Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.Getty
Earlier in January, 177 Alaska Airlines passengers witnessed part of their aircraft’s fuselage blow out mid-air shortly after they departed from Portland, Oregon. The Boeing 737-9 aircraft was headed for Ontario, California when the incident occurred.
While the plane safely turned around and made an emergency landing in Portland, videos taken from passengers on board revealed a large gap in the side of the airplane that opened into the night sky.
Image taken of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 after part of its fuselage blew out mid-air.NTSB via Getty
NTSB via Getty
Shocking details from the incident emerged in the days after the incident, including howone passenger’s shirt was ripped right offof him due to the suction from the blow, and how an Oregon residentclaimed to have found a passenger’s phonethat fell 16,000 feet from the sky.
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