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Reports have emerged of an incident involving an Alaska Airlines jet at Anchorage Airport, where a Boeing 737-900ER skidded off the taxiway and ended up in a ditch. Fortunately, the aircraft was empty at the time.
On January 8, the plane was being moved to a parking spot at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport when it veered off course. Two mechanics were handling the aircraft during this incident. No injuries were reported.
Shannon McCarthy, communications director for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, noted that the incident did not disrupt normal airport operations. She described it as minor, stating, "These kinds of incidents do happen from time to time, this is what we would consider a stage one — or level one — incident."
