The winglet flaps of the Boeing 737-700 were stuck in takeoff position after leaving Wrangell.
An Alaska Airlines jet leaving Wrangell Sunday afternoon declared an in-flight emergency while heading to Seattle. The winglet flaps of the Boeing 737-700 were stuck in takeoff position.
Flight 64 is on what’s known as the Milk Run route, which lands in three communities between Seattle and Juneau. Thirteen minutes after leaving Wrangell, landing at its routine stop in Ketchikan en route to Seattle, the plane looped around. Then it kept descending and safely landed at the Ketchikan International Airport…