Information about Alaska Airlines Flight 1282

Alaska Airlines investigating incident on Flight 1282.

Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California, experienced an incident on the evening of 06 January soon after departure. The aircraft landed safely back at Portland International Airport with 171 guests and 6 crew members. The safety of the airlines’ guests and employees is always a primary priority, so while this type of occurrence is rare, flight crew were trained and prepared to safely manage the situation. Alaska Airlines are investigating what happened and will share more information as it becomes available. 

A statement from Alaska Airlines CEO, Ben Minicucci:

At Alaska Airlines, safety is our foundational value and the most important thing we focus on every day. Following the event on Flight 1282, we have decided to take the precautionary step of temporarily grounding our fleet of 65 Boeing 737-9 aircraft. Each aircraft will be returned to service only after completion of full maintenance and safety inspections. We anticipate all inspections will be completed in the next few days.

I am personally committed to doing everything we can to conduct this review in a timely and transparent way.

We are working with Boeing and regulators to understand what occurred, and will share updates as more information is available. The NTSB is investigating this event and we will fully support their investigation.  

My heart goes out to those who were on this flight – I am so sorry for what you experienced. I am so grateful for the response of our pilots and flight attendants. We have teams on the ground in Portland assisting passengers and are working to support guests who are traveling in the days ahead.

Statement made by the Federal Aviation Authority