Alaska Flight Leaves 135 Stranded Overnight in Yakima

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Alaska Airlines Flight 322, traveling from Dallas-Fort Worth to Seattle, diverted to Yakima on Saturday night after severe weather forced it to abandon its approach to Sea-Tac. After landing around 9:25 p.m., the Boeing 737-900ER was grounded when crews found a faulty fuel indicator that needed inspection, stranding 127 passengers and eight crew members overnight. Because the diversion was weather-related, Alaska did not provide hotel accommodations or food vouchers, and passengers remained at the airport. Yakima airport and county officials coordinated with the American Red Cross, which supplied cots, blankets, water and other essentials, while Horizon Air provided meals. A maintenance crew cleared the aircraft the next day, and the flight departed for Seattle at about 2 p.m., roughly 16 hours after landing in Yakima.

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