[WATCH] Alaska Airlines Plane Makes Emergency Landing, Front Wheel Wobbles On Runway

A hydraulic system failure prompted an Alaska Airlines flight to make an emergency landing at Portland International Airport.

Alaska Airlines Flight 2020 was scheduled from Seattle, Washington, to Redmond, Oregon.

Video footage of the plane shows the front wheel wobbling upon landing at PDX.

WATCH:

That nose gear doesn’t look well

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KATU reports:

“Horizon 2020, we’d like to declare an emergency. We have about 74 souls on board. Looks like we…we have about 3 hours of fuel onboard and we have a loss of a #2 hydraulic system,” a pilot says on recordings obtained by ABC News via LIVEATC.NET. “That’s all we know of right now, however, we might be stopping straight ahead and not have nose wheel steering.”

WATCH:

Video shows nose wheel wobbling as Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing at PDX https://t.co/bHs2UPt0oO

— KGW News (@KGWNews) August 7, 2024

KOIN 6 News noted:

The hydraulic issue impacted the steering of the front wheel. Everyone on board was safe after the landing and made it to their destination less than two hours later on a replacement plane. The plane that had the hydraulic problem is now being inspected.

Below is the statement Alaska Airlines sent KOIN 6 News:

“Yesterday, flight 2020 operated by Horizon Air flying from Seattle to Redmond, Ore. – diverted to Portland, Ore. due to an issue involving the hydraulic system that controls various systems on the aircraft, including control of the nose wheel steering. Our flight crew is trained for scenarios like this, declared an emergency for priority landing, and landed without incident. We swapped the aircraft and guests arrived to their destination about two hours later than scheduled. The aircraft is being inspected by our maintenance team. We apologize to our guests for the inconvenience.”

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