Emergency landing of Alaska Airlines jet caused by possible birdstrike OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- An Alaska Airlines plane carrying 166 people made a safe emergency landing at Oakland (Calif.) International Airport Wednesday morning, officials said. The Boeing 737 jetliner had taken off from Mineta San Jose International Airport about 8:22 a.m. when the pilots reported a possible birdstrike in an engine. The plane, Flight 837 from San Jose to Honolulu, landed safely in Oakland and the passengers and crew continued their flight to Hawaii aboard another Alaska Airlines plane about an hour later, the Oakland Tribune reported. An Alaska Airlines spokeswoman said mechanics determined something, possibly a bird, had been sucked into one of the the 737s' two engines.