Incident Airbus A320-214 N851VA,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269871
 
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Date:Wednesday 24 November 2021
Time:c. 19:00 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic A320 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Airbus A320-214
Owner/operator:Alaska Airlines
Registration: N851VA
MSN: 4999
Year of manufacture:2012
Engine model:CFMI CFM56-5B4/P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 150
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:south of Eugene, OR -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Portland International Airport, OR (PDX/KPDX)
Destination airport:San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Alaska Airlines flight AS297, an Airbus A320-214, suffered a failure of the no.2 (right) CFM56-5B4/3 engine.
The flight had departed Portland, Oregon at 18:32 UTC and turned back at bout 19:05 UTC. A safe landing was made back at Portland Airport at 19:42 UTC.

Sources:

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2021/11/alaska-airlines-flight-emergency-lands-at-pdx-it-was-terrifying.html
https://twitter.com/pdxalerts/status/1463588217286848512
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n851va#29f927a0

Revision history:

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25-Nov-2021 07:13 harro Added

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