37 Max 9 jets have been grounded after a mid
air emergency that happened Friday night when an Alaska Airlines
flight lost part of the airplane over the skies of
Oregon.
Christina Coleman has the details.
A deactivated emergency cabin door,
which was used as a regular cabin window on an
Alaska Airlines flight,
blew out while the plane was at 16,000 feet shortly
after takeoff,
forcing them to make an emergency landing.
Flight tracking company FlightAware shows the plane took off at
5:07 local time last night and then returned to Portland
International Airport less than 20 minutes later,
touching down at 527. Take a listen to Air traffic
control responding to the flight crew during this emergency.
The only information we have is a pressurization issue.
177 passengers, 18,900 lbs of fuel and as of right
now,
we do not know the intentions of the aircraft.
171 passengers and six crew members were on board heading
to California during the incident.
One of the passengers said a boy's shirt was ripped
off after the pressure in the plane dropped.
He said his mom held on to him.
The passenger also described cell phones being sucked out of
the plane.
Fortunately, no one was seriously injured.
I'm so grateful we weren't hired in the air like.
That more things in it fly out,
that no one flew out.
I think that's incredible that we're all safe.
Alaska Airlines is working with Boeing and regulators to understand
what happened during this incident as the NTSB investigates Reporting
in Los Angeles.
Christina Coleman, Fox News.