National Transportation Safety Board officials said they were investigating what had happened.
An Alaska Airlines flight returned to Portland, Oregon, soon after takeoff after it „experienced an incident,“ the airline said Friday.
Six crew members and 171 passengers were on board Flight 1282 bound for Ontario, California, the airline said.
The cabin became depressurized shortly after take-off and the pilots asked for an emergency landing, according to the transcript of an air traffic control call from LiveATC.net. A photo posted on social media appeared to show a hole in the fuselage next to a passenger seat.
