Alaska Airlines, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Alaska Air Group (ALK) , grabbed headlines early in 2024 but for the wrong reasons. A Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft, operated by Alaska Airlines, had to make an emergency landing on Jan 5 at Portland International Airport following a mid-air scare.Alaska Airlines’ Ontario, CA-bound flight (1282) saw a panel and window being blown out of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet shortly after takeoff from Portland. The rapid loss of cabin pressure caused oxygen masks to drop. The f ...