A Boeing 737 plane ripped open mid-air. Here’s what we know
Part of a Boeing 737 Max 9 was ripped off an Alaska Airlines plane as it made its way over Oregon toward California on Friday forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Portland, where the flight originated.
It’s still not clear why the incident occurred but the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced it would be launching an investigation into the cause of the alarming episode.
Approximately 171 customers and six crew members were on board flight 1282 and several people sustained injuries from the blowout. All have now been medically cleared, the airline said in a statement.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has decided to ground all models of the aircraft until they undergo inspections, which will include both left
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