Summary A recent Alaska Airlines flight was canceled and rescheduled due to an aircraft maintenance issue. The pilot of the aircraft claimed that a door allegedly opened during a previous flight, leading to necessary repairs. The aircraft has since been diverted twice more since the incident, but Alaska has not provided details on the aircraft's maintenance issues.
Around 100 Alaska Airlines passengers were stranded in Fresno, California, last week after a Boeing 737-900ER could not operate a flight to Seattle due to “a standard maintenance issue.” The impacted and understandably frustrated travelers had to wait nearly 24 hours until the aircraft was fixed. One of the passengers claimed the pilot alleged the plane could not operate because a door flung open twice during the inbound flight to Fresno.
Alaska has maintained that the issue was unrelated to the aircraft’s doors, but flight data indicates it has experienced subsequent problems since the incident. Delayed..
. then canceled According to FlightAware , AS1051 was scheduled to operate from Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) on Thursday. The flight had an original departure time of 16:45, but was delayed nearly four hours to a 20:00 departure time, and then subsequently canceled.
Lynn Whitesides and Jaime Holt were among the passengers booked on the flight, according to Fresno local FOX affiliate KMPH . They received notifications that their flight was delayed e.