February 9, 2000
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Alaska jet has
emergency landing
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An Alaska Airlines MD-80 jet made
an emergency landing minutes after
ta k e o ff from San F ran cisco
International Airport late on Monday
when the control tower noticed sparks
streaming from its tail, an airport
official said.
No one was injured in the incident,
which occurred one week after Alaska
Airlines Flight 261 plunged into the
Pacific Ocean, killing all 88 people on
board.
It was at least the third time since the
Jan. 31 crash that a plane of the MD-
80 design had been forced to land
after experiencing in-flight problems.
In an interview with N BC’s “Today”
show on Tuesday, Alaska Airlines
Chief Executive Officer John Kelly
said he believed these were isolated
problems with the MD-80.
“We have over 3,500 flights a week
ourselves and there are over 1,200 o f
these aircraft. It’s one o f the safest
aircraft that’s out there and has the
lowest accident record,” Kelly said.
However, he said pilots were being
extra cautious after last week ’ s crash.
“The good news is people are coming
back if there is any sign of a problem,”
he said.
San Francisco airport duty manager
D en n is N ev es said M o n d a y ’s
Commissioner
to p ro p o s e
City Council
meet at night,
neighborhood
locations
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taking good on a promise made six
onths ago, City Com m issioner
harlie Hales will ask the Portland
ity Council to permanently approve
)lding monthly night meetings as
ell as occasional m eetings at
icatio n s
in
v a rio u s
city
righborhoods.
iix months ago we began meeting at
ght as a grand experiment,” said
ales “At that time, I predicted the
jblic support for night meetings
ould make it obvious that we needed
, do so on a permanent basis and
at has certainly been the case.”
ast summer, Hales won Council
jproval o f a six-month experiment to
aid monthly evening meetings of
eCouncil. Today, Hales will ask the
ouncil for approval o f monthly night
eetings on a permanent basis,
rhe logic behind nightly Council
ieetings is sound,” Hales said,
jovem m ent should be open and
xessible to all the people, not just
ibbyists, lawyers and bureaucrats.”
ales noted that the night meetings
ucr the last six months have drawn
rge crowds o f citizens to testify
efore the Council on issues ranging
om the construction o f light rail on
iorth Interstate Avenue to proposed
langes in water and sewer rates.
This ex p erim en t has been an
nqualified success,” Hales said.
Citizens from all parts o f Portland
ave finally made it inside the doors
fCity Hall to be heard by their elected
;presentatives."
1ayor Vera Katz joined Hales in
ponsoring the expansion o f the
roposal to include occasional
ieetings o f the council at locations
dthin city neighborhoods. The first
eighborhood City Council meeting
nllbeheldon March 15 in Hollywood
j discuss the Hollywood/Sandy
taster plan.
Think positively
act locally
emergency landing involved Alaska
Airlines Flight 289, which had been
bound for Seattle.
Flight 289originated in Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico, flying the same route as the
jet that crashed one week ago on its
way to San Francisco.
Neves said the incident occurred just
minutes after the jet left the runway,
and prom pted a full emergency
response by fire trucks and other
emergency ground crews.
“About 245 feet (81 km) above the
ground, the control tower noticed
sparks coming from the rear o f the
aircraft and advised the pilot,” Neves
said. “The pilot decided to return to
the airport.”
The passengers disembarked and
were put on other Seattle-bound
aircraft, Neves said, adding that the
incident was under investigation and
that the plane was being held in San
Francisco for checks.
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