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ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT CARRYING PETS ARRIVES WITH CARGO DOOR OPEN AS CARRIER AND
BOEING FACE $1B LAWSUIT

By Alex Mitchell

Published March 8, 2024, 2:57 p.m. ET

Here we go again.

Embattled Alaska Airlines is at the center of a second aviation drama after a
plane arrived at an airport gate in Portland, Ore. last Friday with its cargo
door open.

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The cargo hold was stowing passenger’s pets, according to local TV station KOIN,
although none of the animals were injured. The plane had flown in from Los
Cabos, Mexico.

Alaska Airlines told KOIN in a statement that “there was no indication to the
crew that the door was unsealed during [last Friday’s] flight and all
indications point to the door partially opening after landing.”

“Our maintenance teams inspected the aircraft, replaced a spring in the door,
tested the door and reentered it into service,” the Alaska Airlines statement
concluded.

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The Post reached out to Alaska Airlines for comment.

Alaska Airlines hit headlines in January after a door plug blew off mid-air
during a flight from Portland to Ontario, Calif.

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Embattled Alaska Airlines is at the center of a second aviation drama after a
plane arrived at an airport gate in Portland, Ore. with its cargo door open.
KOIN6
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An Alaska Airlines cargo door was unsealed upon landing in Portland, Oregon.
Pets were reportedly in the cargo. KOIN6

While the company appeared to downplay any issues, aviation expert Joe
Schwieterman told KOIN that a cargo door opening up on its own as “a pretty
major defect.”

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“It affects a lot of the electrical equipment in that cargo hold. So, it is
troublesome that you may have a plane where some things like this went
undetected,” he said.

Both Boeing and Alaska Airlines are already amid a $1B lawsuit over plane
safety. The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board also warned that
the January incident could be repeated.

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Alaska Airlines has come under a litany of criticism over safety issues this
winter. AFP via Getty Images

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That aircraft was a Boeing 737 MAX 8.

Meanwhile on Friday, a Boeing 737 MAX 9 rolled off a runway at Houston’s George
Bush Intercontinental Airport, forcing all passengers to evacuate.

The United Airlines flight had been scheduled to fly to Memphis, Tenn.


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