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An Alaska Airlines flight bound for Oakland, California, from Seattle had to turn around Sunday afternoon following an engine issue, according to reports.
Alaska Airlines Flight 1240, operated on a Boeing 737-700 according to flight tracking website FlightAware, took off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at 12:24 Pacific Daylight Time. In just over an hour, it returned.
A statement from Alaska Airlines to FOX Business said the turnaround was due to «a shutdown of the #1 engine on the left side of the aircraft.»
«It almost felt like when you run over something with a car,» passenger Dabney Lawless told local TV station KIRO. Her 13-year-old son saw smoke outside the plane, and she noticed people on the plane reaching out to loved ones.
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A Boeing Co. 737-700 aircraft operated by Alaska Airlines sits on the tarmac at Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California, on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
«My son was definitely telling me that he loved me and that [I] was a good mom, and it was very much preparing for a potential crash but also knowing well, it could be okay,» she said.
Boeing did not immediately respond to a FOX Business inquiry.
«We worked to take care of our guests and accommodate their travel to Oakland yesterday afternoon, and we apologize for the inconvenience,» Alaska Airlines statement read.
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