An Alaska Airlines flight from British Columbia to San Francisco made an emergency landing at Sea-Tac Airport Friday morning after the cabin failed to pressurize properly.
The Boeing 737 is being inspected, but as of Friday evening there were no clues regarding the cause of the problem.
"Crews are currently inspecting the aircraft and they have not found anything that would cause a pressurization issue," Alaska spokeswoman Amanda Tobin said.
About 10 of 122 passengers and four crew members were treated at the scene for ear and sinus pain. Four passengers were later taken to Highline Medical Center in Burien, Sea-Tac spokesman Bob Parker said.
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The cabin of an Alaska Airlines jet originating from Seattle began to fill with smoke shortly after landing in Long Beach, Calif., Sunday evening, prompting the evacuation of 140 passengers and the five-member crew on the plane's emergency slides.
Three passengers and a flight attendant reported slight injuries after the evacuation of Flight 338 at Long Beach Airport shortly after smoke first was reported at 6:09 p.m., said Caroline Boren, a spokeswoman for Alaska Airlines.
"Some smoke developed in the cabin," Boren said. "The crew felt (the smoke) was at a level that they needed to get people off the plane right away."
Paramedics met the flight on the taxiway and treated and released two of the passengers and the flight attendant.
The third injured passenger was taken to an area hospital for additional treatment. None of the injuries was believed to be serious, Boren said.
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