Alaska B738 at Portland on May 13th 2018, possible fire on board
Last Update: May 13, 2018 / 20:45:03 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 13, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Alaska Airlines
Flight number
AS-959
Departure
Phoenix, United States
Destination
Portland, United States
Aircraft Registration
N525AS
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A passenger reported had he not seen the fire engines attending to the aircraft he'd have assumed a normal landing. There was an odour coming from the direction of the cockpit though, however, the crew seemed unconcerned.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 2 hours after landing.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 13, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Alaska Airlines
Flight number
AS-959
Departure
Phoenix, United States
Destination
Portland, United States
Aircraft Registration
N525AS
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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