Alaska Airlines: Warning Light, Door Plug Blowout ‘Completely Unrelated’

Alaska Airlines
Credit: Alaska Airlines
An indicator light that prompted Alaska Airlines to remove N704AL from longer-range routes to Hawaii prior to the aircraft’s Jan. 5 inflight incident was unrelated to the Boeing 737-9’s door plug blowout, the airline’s CEO has stressed. “I want to set the record straight on this ... the issues were...
Christine Boynton

Christine Boynton is a Senior Editor covering air transport in the Americas for Aviation Week Network.

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