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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An Alaska Airlines formation made an exigency landing astatine Portland International Airport (PDX) successful Oregon connected Monday afternoon.
In footage captured Keith Miller, a UPS operations manager astatine PXD and a self-described "aviation nerd," the plane's beforehand instrumentality could beryllium seen wobbling connected the runway aft touching down astatine PDX.
An Alaska Airlines level makes an exigency landing connected PDX International Airport connected August 5, 2024. (Keith Miller)"Rough time for @AlaskaAir Horizon AS2020 formation today," Miller wrote on X. "Great occupation by the unit to support it connected centerline!"
Flight 2020, operated by Horizon Air, was primitively slated to get successful Redmond, Oregon, from Seattle, but diverted to Portland owed to a occupation with its hydraulic system, an Alaska Airlines spokesperson told Nexstar's KOIN.
The hydraulic strategy controls "various systems connected the aircraft, including power of the chemoreceptor instrumentality steering," the spokesperson said.
"Our formation unit is trained for scenarios similar this, declared an exigency for precedence landing, and landed without incident."
Guests were yet accommodated connected different plane, which landed successful Redmond "about 2 hours" aboriginal than scheduled, according to Alaska Airlines.
The archetypal craft is presently nether inspection.
"We apologize to our guests for the inconvenience," a spokesperson for the bearer added.
