Created Sunday, May 16th 2021 20:01Z, last updated Sunday, May 16th 2021 20:01Z
A Skywest Embraer ERJ-175 on behalf of Alaska Airlines, registration N185SY performing flight
AS-3332 from Seattle,WA to Fresno,CA (USA), was enroute at FL310 about 70nm south of Redmond,OR (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Redmond due to electrical problems on board. The aircraft landed safely on Redmond's runway 23 about 20 minutes later.
Passengers reported the lights in the cabin flickered a lot, the captain announced three of the four generators on board lost power (the passengers did not report about any unusual noises however).
The airline stated, the aircraft diverted to Redmond out of abundance of caution over a "mechanical indication" and added that the aircraft is equipped with several redundant electrical systems. The passengers were taken to hotels and continued their journey the following day.
A replacement Embraer ERJ-175 registration N171SY departed Redmond about 8 hours after N185SY had landed and reached Fresno with a delay of 9 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Redmond about 37 hours after landing.
Related Flight:
AS3332, Twitter:
#AS3332,
Alaska Airlines News
