Boeing 737 Aircraft Experiences Engine Trouble During Alaska Airlines Flight, Forced To Turn Around
Boeing 737 Aircraft Experiences Engine Trouble During Alaska Airlines Flight, Forced To Turn Around
Boeing did not immediately respond to Benzinga's request for further comment.An Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) flight headed for Oakland, California, from Seattle was forced to turn around Sunday afternoon after the aircraft — made by The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) — reportedly experienced engine trouble.
周日下午，一架由波音公司（纽交所股票代码：BA）生产的飞机，原定从西雅图前往加利福尼亚州奥克兰的阿拉斯加航空集团公司（纽交所股票代码：ALK）的航班因发动机故障被迫返回。
What Happened: The Boeing 737-700 airplane left Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at 12:24 Pacific Day Light Time for Alaska Airlines Flight 1240 but flew back to the airport in just over an hour due to the #1 engine on the plane's left side shutting down, Fox Business News reported.
发生了什么事情：波音737-700飞机于太平洋夏令时12:24从西雅图 - 塔科马国际机场起飞，前往阿拉斯加航空1240航班，但因飞机左侧的1号发动机关闭而在一个多小时后返回机场，据福克斯商业新闻报道。
"We worked to take care of our guests and accommodate their travel to Oakland yesterday afternoon, and we apologize for the inconvenience," Alaska Airlines statement read.
“我们努力照顾好我们的旅客，以及为他们的前往奥克兰安排行程，对此我们深表歉意，”阿拉斯加航空声明中提到。
Boeing did not immediately respond to Benzinga's request for further comment.
波音尚未立即回复贝辛加对进一步评论的请求。
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读完: 波音7,200万美元判决被推翻的联邦法官承认在审理此案时购买了高达1.5万美元的飞机制造商股票：“可能会有一些市场波动，但这不会影响我的决定。”
A different aircraft got passengers to Oakland later in the evening, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.
根据航班跟踪网站FlightAware的数据，另一架飞机在晚些时候将乘客送往奥克兰。
Why It Matters: Boeing has been under intense scrutiny over the safety of its aircraft.
为何重要：波音一直受到对其飞机安全性的严格审查。
The company is also seeking to acquire Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR).
该公司还正在寻求收购纽约证券交易所上市的Spirit AeroSystems。
Alaska Airlines, meanwhile, is in the process of trying to merge with Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:HA).
与此同时，阿拉斯加航空正处于试图与夏威夷控股公司 (NASDAQ:HA) 合并的过程中。
Alaska Airlines was in the news earlier this year when a Boeing 737-9 MAX door plug blowout occurred during one of their flights in January.
今年早些时候，阿拉斯加航空曾上过新闻头条，因为他们一架波音737-9 MAX的门插座在一月份的一次飞行中发生了爆炸。
Earlier this summer, the National Traffic Safety Board criticized Boeing for sharing details of the probe into the plug malfunction during a press conference by Elizabeth Lund, senior vice president of quality for Boeing commercial airplanes.
今年夏季早些时候，国家交通安全委员会批评波音在一次新闻发布会上分享了由波音商用飞机质量高级副总裁伊丽莎白·伦德发布的对插头故障调查的细节。
Price Action: Boeing declined 0.37% to $172.84 by Tuesday's mid-afternoon trading, while exchange-traded funds that hold the stock went up for the most part.
价格走势：波音股价在周二午后交易中下跌了0.37%，至172.84美元，而持有该股票的交易所交易基金大多上涨。
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