Alaska's Flight 406, PDX - SJC was forced to return to Portland today due to losing the port engine about 10-15 minutes into the flight. I was seated in row 2 when we felt 4 big thumps. The plane noticeably slowed and we went into a couple of gentle turns. As we slowly lost altitude the pilot announced that we lost the port engine and we were returning to Portland. We arrived about 15 minutes later. There were many emergency vehicles ready and waiting for us. Thankfully, they were not needed. The landing was quite smooth! Kudos to the two great pilots!

-RKG