Alaska Airlines flight diverts after jump seat passenger attempts to disable engines
- An Alaska Airlines flight bound for San Francisco was diverted to Portland, Oregon Sunday after a jump seat passenger inside the cockpit attempted to disable the aircraft engines, according to an Federal Aviation Administration notice seen by Reuters.
Alaska Airlines Flight 2059 operated by Horizon Air from Everett, Washington diverted after reporting a credible security threat, Alaska said in a statement. The FAA told airlines the individual sought to disable the engines by deploying the fire suppression system and added the crew was able to subdue the individual and remove him from the flight deck.We encourage you to use comments to engage with other users, share your perspective and ask questions of authors and each other. However, in order to maintain the high level of discourse we’ve all come to value and expect, please keep the following criteria in mind: Include punctuation and upper and lower cases. Comments that are written in all caps and contain excessive use of symbols will be removed.Phone numbers, email addresses, links to personal or business websites, Skype/Telegram/WhatsApp etc. addresses will also be removed; self-promotional material or business-related solicitations or PR , and/or any other comment that contains personal contact specifcs or advertising will be removed as well. In addition, any of the above-mentioned violations may result in suspension of your account.We do not allow any sharing of private or personal contact or other information about any individual or organization. This will result in immediate suspension of the commentor and his or her account. We appreciate passion and conviction, but we also strongly believe in giving everyone a chance to air their point of view. Therefore, in addition to civil interaction, we expect commenters to offer their opinions succinctly and thoughtfully, but not so repeatedly that others are annoyed or offended. If we receive complaints about individuals who take over a thread or forum, we reserve the right to ban them from the site, without recourse.Perpetrators of spam or abuse will be deleted from the site and prohibited from future registration at Investing.com’s discretion.Your ability to comment is currently suspended due to negative user reports. Your status will be reviewed by our moderators.Thanks for your comment. Please note that all comments are pending until approved by our moderators. It may therefore take some time before it appears on our website. {username} Just Now Share Follow this postUnfollow this post Save Saved. See Saved Items . This comment has already been saved in your Saved Items Author's response{commentContent} Reply 00 Report {username} Just NowAuthor's response Share Follow this postUnfollow this post Save Saved. See Saved Items . This comment has already been saved in your Saved Items {commentContent} Reply 00 Report Show more comments Show more replies Your ability to comment is currently suspended due to negative user reports. Your status will be reviewed by our moderators.
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