Another Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 experienced trouble shortly after takeoff – this time in the form of an engine shutdown.

Another incident aboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 is adding to what is becoming a challenging year for the carrier.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports one of the carrier’s flights was forced to return back to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) on Sunday, August 25, 2024, after an engine shutdown after takeoff.

Alaska Investigating What Caused Midair Engine Shutdown

According to data from FlightRadar24, Alaska Airlines Flight 1240 left Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at 1:03 p.m. Pacific Time bound for Oakland, just over an hour after its scheduled departure time. Shortly after takeoff, the airline confirmed to the San Francisco Chronicle that one of the engines on the Boeing 737-700 aircraft shut down. Witnesses on the plane told the newspaper they “heard a loud noise and felt a jarring jump” when the incident took place.

Data shows the aircraft circled the Seattle area before landing at SEA nearly one hour later without further incident. There were no injuries reported as a result of the incident, and the flyers continued to their destination later in the day.

In a statement to Seattle CBS Affiliate KIRO 7, the airline gave credit to the crew for “following standard procedures for this situation.” They went on to apologize to the flyers for the inconvenience.

Alaska has not put out a public statement offering an update to the incident.

The incident is among major issues the carrier has faced with their all-Boeing fleet from the beginning of the year. In January 2024, an Alaska flight was forced to return to its departure airport after a door plug blew out after takeoff. Although there were no injuries, it sparked investigations of Boeing from both Congress and the Federal Aviation Administration over quality control issues on delivered aircraft.

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Ed. note: The aircraft depicted above is an image of the aircraft involved in the incident, taken at a different time.