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.
