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.
週日下午，一架由波音公司（紐交所股票代碼：BA）生產的飛機，原定從西雅圖前往加利福尼亞州奧克蘭的阿拉斯加航空集團公司（紐交所股票代碼：ALK）的航班因發動機故障被迫返回。
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.
發生了什麼事情：波音737-700飛機於太平洋夏令時12:24從西雅圖 - 塔科馬國際機場起飛，前往阿拉斯加航空1240航班，但因飛機左側的1號發動機關閉而在一個多小時後返回機場，據福克斯商業新聞報道。
"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.
「我們努力照顧好我們的旅客，以及爲他們的前往奧克蘭安排行程，對此我們深表歉意，」阿拉斯加航空聲明中提到。
Boeing did not immediately respond to Benzinga's request for further comment.
波音尚未立即回覆貝辛加對進一步評論的請求。
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A different aircraft got passengers to Oakland later in the evening, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.
根據航班跟蹤網站FlightAware的數據，另一架飛機在晚些時候將乘客送往奧克蘭。
Why It Matters: Boeing has been under intense scrutiny over the safety of its aircraft.
爲何重要：波音一直受到對其飛機安全性的嚴格審查。
The company is also seeking to acquire Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR).
該公司還正在尋求收購紐約證券交易所上市的Spirit AeroSystems。
Alaska Airlines, meanwhile, is in the process of trying to merge with Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:HA).
與此同時，阿拉斯加航空正處於試圖與夏威夷控股公司 (NASDAQ:HA) 合併的過程中。
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.
今年早些時候，阿拉斯加航空曾上過新聞頭條，因爲他們一架波音737-9 MAX的門插座在一月份的一次飛行中發生了爆炸。
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.
今年夏季早些時候，國家交通安全委員會批評波音在一次新聞發佈會上分享了由波音商用飛機質量高級副總裁伊麗莎白·倫德發佈的對插頭故障調查的細節。
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.
價格走勢：波音股價在週二午後交易中下跌了0.37%，至172.84美元，而持有該股票的交易所交易基金大多上漲。
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