Canceled flights at RSW after Alaska Airlines emergency landing

Writer: Rachel Murphy
Published: Updated:
Flight board at RSW.

Some flights have been canceled at Southwest Florida International Airport following the emergency landing with Alaska Airlines where a portion of the plane was blown out in midair.

The fuselage of an Alaska Airlines flight was blown out midflight on Friday while flying to California. The aircraft model was a Boeing 737 MAX 9.

The Federal Aviation Administration officially ordered the grounding of all Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes on Saturday, Jan. 6.

Three flights on Jan. 7 at RSW that use the same airplane model were canceled: flights 1282 and 2274 to Newark and flight 664 to Chicago O’Hare.

RSW has not made an official statement about canceled flights following the emergency landing.

WINK News reached out to an RSW spokesperson. The spokesperson would not confirm whether the flights on Sunday were canceled due to aircraft manufacturing.

View active Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircrafts here.

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