Alaska Airlines flight turns back, makes emergency landing as engine cover rips off
An Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to San Diego was forced to turn back shortly after departure and make an emergency landing after an engine cover ripped off on Monday, the airline said.
An Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to San Diego was forced to turn back shortly after departure Monday and make an emergency landing after an engine cover detached, the airline said.
In dramatic video shared on social media, the cover, or cowling, of an engine can be seen flying off as a plane appears to land. "We survived," the poster of the video, which has not been verified by NBC News, writes.
In a statement early Tuesday morning, Alaska Airlines said Flight 558 had reported an "unusual vibration" on the left side of the aircraft shortly after departure.
The plane returned to the airport and was able to land safely, but "part of the metal paneling that covers the engine, called the cowling, detached from the aircraft when it landed," the airline said.
Alaska Airlines said no one was injured in the incident and passengers were rebooked on another flight to San Diego.
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