Alaska Airlines Dash-8 Turboprop Returns to Sea-Tac, Engine Issue
Alaska Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-400 (photo: komonews.com)
An Alaska Airlines commuter plane en route to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport yesterday had to shut down one of its engines and make an emergency landing.
‘Alaska 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 de Havilland Dash 8-400, with 76 passengers and four crew, landed safely at Sea-Tac at 12:32 PM.
There were no injuries reported.
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A question that seems to go unanswered is the specific reason behind the “engine shutdowns” or the “emergency warning lights” or “smoke in the cockpit” or any other number of causes for emergency “handling of flights either by changes of destination or special handling at a planned destination. Also of interest is at what specific point did the emergency occur during the flight and were emergency procedures followed. I would think that as part of the report to the flying public these issues might be of importance in selecting what airline one would chose to fly on.
Ed Jeszka
Retired Aviation Safety Inspector
Operations
I guess airlines and the FAA try to hide as many details as possible. I wish these cases were part of the “freedom of information act” so the flying public could see what’s really going on!
We never hear about the incident/accident again and it does not show up on the NTSB web site?
It just goes away as the FAA PR machine covers it up!
Nice if you can get away with it!
Thanks to sites like AIRNATION…..the public is informed!
Rich Wyeroski
Former FAA Safety Inspector
Operations