Boeing jetliner that suffered inflight blowout, prompting emergency landing at PDX, was restricted because of concern over warning light

The jetliner was not being used for flights to Hawaii after a warning light that could have indicated a pressurization problem lit up on three different flights.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Boeing jetliner that suffered an inflight blowout over Oregon was not being used for flights to Hawaii after a warning light that could have indicated a pressurization problem lit up on three different flights.

Alaska Airlines decided to restrict the aircraft from long flights over water so the plane “could return very quickly to an airport” if the warning light reappeared, Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said on Sunday.

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