US airline Alaska Airlines decided to ground its Boeing 737-9 aircraft after a plane with 177 people on board had to make an emergency landing on Friday after losing a window.

“Following tonight’s Flight 1282 incident, we have decided to temporarily ground our fleet of 65 Boeing 737-9 aircraft as a precautionary measure,” Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci announced in a statement.

“No aircraft will fly again until all maintenance and safety inspections are completedhe added, estimating this would take a few days.

Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 took off from Portland, in the northwest of the United States, at 5 p.m. local time on Friday, but had to return shortly after.a pressure problem”, the Federal Civil Aviation Agency (FAA) explained on the social network X.

Images posted on social media show a broken window and oxygen masks hanging from the ceiling of the unit.

A passenger on the flight, Kyle Rinker, spoke up cnn that the window had exploded shortly after takeoff.

According to the FlightAware website, the Boeing 737 Max 9 took off at 5:07 p.m., bound for Ontario, California, before returning to Portland airport about 20 minutes later.

The plane was certified in October, according to FAA records available online.

The American manufacturer Boeing He said in X that he is gathering more information and that a technical team is available for investigators. (JO)