Alaska Airlines plane makes safe emergency landing at Sea-Tac
SEATTLE - An Alaska Airlines plane with 80 people aboard made a safe emergency landing Friday at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with only one of its two engines operating, officials said.
Alaskan Airlines Flight 2033, operated by Horizon Air, departed from Vancouver, British Columbia, enroute to Seattle at 11:45 a.m.
After reaching cruising altitude, the pilot noticed higher-than-normal oil temperatures. He shut down one engine, and as a precaution he requested emergency priority handling at Sea-Tac Airport.
The plane landed safely at Sea-Tac at 12:32 p.m. with 76 passengers and four crew aboard.
Alaska Airlines officials said the plane is designed so that it can fly on one engine if needed.
Alaskan Airlines Flight 2033, operated by Horizon Air, departed from Vancouver, British Columbia, enroute to Seattle at 11:45 a.m.
After reaching cruising altitude, the pilot noticed higher-than-normal oil temperatures. He shut down one engine, and as a precaution he requested emergency priority handling at Sea-Tac Airport.
The plane landed safely at Sea-Tac at 12:32 p.m. with 76 passengers and four crew aboard.
Alaska Airlines officials said the plane is designed so that it can fly on one engine if needed.
Way to go pilot! Â Happy ending
Flying Turboprop, fifty year old technology and noise, a nice time travel experience.
 @LNSeveN You make is seem like these turboprops are 50 years old. Not so much.
Amazing. Imagine you're sitting in the seat next to the wing and all of a sudden you look out and boop, there stops the propeller.
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Ummmm ... I think somethings kinda wrong ... =]
@keeper As a "very close relative" of an Alaska/Horizon Captain, you'd be comforted to know that these pros (as with the VAST majority of commercial pilots) train for this as if they are just as routine as take off & landing.
As a matter of fact - from stories I've heard first hand - they are sometimes rather entertained by such occurences...
 @keeper When I was working on my multiengine rating, my wife sat in the back calmly knitting while my instructor failed engines on me to teach me how to react. All multiengine airplanes must demonstrate the ability to fly with an engine out in order to be certified for manufacture.
That's hilarious! I'd be spazzing out if I were her! LOL!!!
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Glad everyone is ok! Kudos to the aviator.
Sounds like the safety measures all worked out, seeing as how they made it to the ground safely and the engine didn't catch fire. Interesting to see what the cause was.