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2008/11/12

Alaska Airlines Emergency


What: Boeing 737-800 en route from Anchorage to Fairbanks
Where: Anchorage
When: 7:49 a.m.
Who: 61 passengers and five crew members.
Why:one of the plane's two engines malfunctioned about 30 minutes after takeoff. Passengers described an "orange glow" outside the windows followed by vibration. (The event was alternately described as an "engine surge." The crew "idled the engine" and the pilot returned to Anchorage for an emergency landing. Passengers debarked and were put on a 10:05 a.m. flight to Fairbanks.
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