Five days into the new year, Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 departing from Portland International Airport (PDX) was forced to make an emergency landing after a door plug ejected from the plane minutes after takeoff. This caused the cabin to depressurize, and the cockpit door to be briefly thrown open at 16,000 feet. Flight 1282 was able to return to Portland International Airport. There were no major injuries reported among the 171 passengers and six crew members onboard.
Flight safety has been an ongoing discussion as more and more travelers have been returning to airports since the pandemic. To seek out answers regarding the status of safety in our friendly skies, Smart Meetings chatted with Sheldon H. Jacobson, Ph.D., professor of computer science at the University of Illinois.
