Alaska Airlines Celebrates Return to ‘Reliable Operation’ with 30% Off Sale Following Mid-Air Blowout

Alaska Airlines check-in counter at Portland International Airport.Photo:Getty Getty Alaska Airlines is offering 30 percent off flights for a limited time following themid-air blowout incidentthat occurred on one of its planes earlier in January. The airline’sofficial websiteimplies the sale is in celebration of their return to “reliable operation” now that their formerly grounded Boeing 737-Max 9 aircrafts have beencleared for travelfollowing weeks of inspection. “We are returning to the reliable operation that you’ve come to expect from Alaska,” their website states.

Alaska Airlines Clears Grounded Boeing Max-9 Jets for Flight After Mid-Air Blow Out

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 plane.Photo:Stephen Brashear/Getty Stephen Brashear/Getty Boeing 737-Max 9 aircrafts are returning to service in Alaska Airlines' fleet after the planes were grounded following a mid-air blowout earlier this month. On Friday,the airline announcedthat final inspections on the first group of Max 9 aircrafts has been completed, and the FAA has cleared the planes to return to service. The first Max 9 to return to the air will be Flight 1146, which will fly from Seattle to San Diego on Friday afternoon.

Alaska Airlines Passenger Accused of Stabbing Fellow Traveler on Flight to Las Vegas

Alaska Airlines flight.Photo:Dietmar Plath/ullstein bild via Getty Dietmar Plath/ullstein bild via Getty A man was arrested and now faces a federal criminal charge after allegedly attacking another passenger on a flight to Las Vegas last month. The FBI has accused Lopez of trying to stab another passenger in the eye after he “began punching and hitting the victim” who was sitting across the aisle from him following a trip to the restroom.

Alaska Airlines Passenger Shares How Mid-Air Blow Out Ripped Shirt Off 15-Year-Old Boy: 'Chaos'

Kelly Bartlett and Jack onboard Alaska Airlines flight.Photo:Kelly Bartlett Instagram Kelly Bartlett Instagram An Alaska Airlines passenger has revealed how the suction from Friday’s mid-air blow out ripped the shirt off a teenage boy. Kelly Bartlett was one of 177 people flying from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California on the 65 Boeing 737-9 aircraft when asection of the plane’s fuselage blew off. The aircraft later made a safeemergency landingin Portland, per arelease from the airline.

Alaska Airlines Passengers Who Survived Mid-Air Blow Out Suing Airline, Boeing for $1 Billion

The jet passengers boarded for Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 after its emergency landing.Photo:NTSB via Getty NTSB via Getty According to the complaint, all three passengers allegedly “suffered severe mental, emotional, and psychological injuries, including post-traumatic stress, and physical injuries,” which were a “direct result of the frightful, death-threatening failure of the Boeing aircraft.” The lawsuit also cited one specific physical injury, alleging that the sudden pressure change inside the cabin “caused some passengers' ears to bleed,” per CBS.