Created Tuesday, Aug 23rd 2022 08:06Z, last updated Tuesday, Aug 23rd 2022 20:29Z
An Alaska Air Boeing 737-900, registration N293AK performing flight
AS-558 from Seattle,WA to San Diego,CA (USA) with 176 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out Seattle's runway 16L when the crew felt an unsual vibration from the left hand side of the aircraft, stopped the climb at about 12,500 feet and decided to return to Seattle. The aircraft landed on runway 16L about 30 minutes after departure, upon touchdown the left hand engine's (CFM56) outboard cowl partially separated, the inboard cowl subsequently opened and separated.
The airline reported part of the engine cowling detached during landing back at Seattle.
A replacement Boeing 737-900 registration N283AK reached San Diego with a delay of about 3 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 17 hours after landing back.
On Aug 23rd 2022 the FAA reported: "AIRCRAFT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A LOOSE PANEL ON LEFT WING AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT, SEATTLE, WA." stating the damage was "UNKNOWN".
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