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Alaska Airlines Flight With Blown Tire Lands Safely At John Wayne Airport

SANTA ANA (CBS) — An Alaska Airlines flight with a blown tire landed safely at John Wayne Airport Thursday afternoon.

Flight 508 was coming in from Seattle when pilots reported that they blew a rear tire on the 737 Boeing.

Pilots managed to land the plane safely at 2:30 p.m. with some signs of smoke but not flames.

None of the 160 passengers or the crew was injured.

 

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