An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 operating flight AS1156 from Seattle to San Diego was forced to return shortly after departure due to an electrical smell in the cabin, prompting the crew to declare an emergency.

According to Alaska Airlines, they are establishing a 787-9 hub in Seattle that will deploy as many as seventeen 787s across their global network. In addition to an existing 737 pilot base, the airline will open a new pilot base to support 787 operations beginning next spring. The company currently has four Dreamliners in the fleet.

Alaska Airlines is set to launch two nonstop routes from Seattle to London Heathrow and Reykjavik, Iceland. The new routes mark the fourth and fifth of at least 12 intercontinental destinations that the carrier says it will serve from its hometown airport of Seattle by 2030.