Created Friday, Jul 24th 2026 17:15Z, last updated Friday, Jul 24th 2026 17:15Z
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N563AS performing flight
AS-471 from Santa Ana,CA to Seattle,WA (USA) with 161 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL360 about 90nm southsoutheast of Eugene,OR (USA) when the crew needed to shut one of their engines (CFM56) down and decided to divert to Eugene. The aircraft landed safely on Eugene's runway 34L about 25 minutes later.
The airline reported a mechanical issue with the aircraft.
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration N597AS continued the flight and reached Seattle with a delay of about 4 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Eugene about 22 hours after landing.
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