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| Date: | Wednesday 13 April 2016 |
| Time: | c. 11:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-490 |
| Owner/operator: | Alaska Airlines |
| Registration: | N708AS |
| MSN: | 28895/3098 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 150 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Portland International Airport, OR (PDX/KPDX) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Portland International Airport, OR (PDX/KPDX) |
| Phoenix Int'l (KPHX) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-890 operating as Flight ASA644 to Phoenix International Airport (KPHX), Phoenix, Arizona, experienced an enroute loss of cabin pressure and subsequent return to the point of departure at Portland International Airport (KPDX), Portland, Oregon. The airplane was not damage and there were no injuries among the 6 crew and 144 passengers onboard.
Sources:
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-portland/?_utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA644/history/20160413/1625Z/KPDX/KPHX
Registration Source
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 August 2010 | N708AS | Alaska Airlines | 0 | Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (SIT/PASI), AK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2016 16:36 | Geno | Added |
| 15-Apr-2016 05:34 | AF5541 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
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