Window bursts in midair as US plane lands

A plane lost part of its body while flying and had to land in Oregon because of it.

The Alaska Airlines plane had to come back to Portland 35 minutes after it took off for California because a part of the plane, including a window, fell off.

Alaska said 177 people were on the plane and they landed safely.

The airline said it will temporarily stop flying all 65 of its 737 Max 9 planes to check them.

Alaska Airlines’ CEO Ben Minicucci said, “We will only bring back each plane after checking it completely for maintenance and safety. ”

Mr Minicucci said the six crew members did a great job on the flight. The plane was at 16,000ft when it started to descend in an emergency. This information comes from flight tracking data.

Pictures sent to news sources show the nighttime sky through a hole in the aircraft’s body, with insulation and other materials visible.

Other photos show the seat nearest to the part that was broken, an empty window seat leaning forward without its cushion.

“I feel for the people who were on this flight. I am really sorry for what you went through,” Mr.

“I am very thankful for how our pilots and flight attendants have been responsive. ”

The oxygen masks came down when the problem started at 16,000 feet soon after the plane took off.

Based on a photo on social media, the back of the plane, behind the wing and engines, was damaged.

The part of the plane’s body that’s involved seems like it could be an extra emergency exit for some airlines, but not for Alaska.

The US Federal Aviation Agency said the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 came back to the airport without any problems and everyone is safe. After the team said there was a problem with keeping the air pressure stable,

Boeing knew about the incident and is trying to find out more information.

“A group of Boeing experts is ready to help with the investigation,” it said.

The NTSB is looking into the incident.

The Boeing 737 Max is being watched very closely because of safety problems and investigations.

The Max airplanes were not allowed to fly for a year and a half starting in March 2019 because two of them crashed the same way and people died.

Each Max plane got changed a lot to be able to fly again. But you wouldn’t be able to see the changes from the outside, and passengers wouldn’t notice anything different.

Boeing will now deliver 737 Max planes faster because they fixed a supply problem that made them have to inspect the planes for a long time.

Boeing has given about 1,300 737 Max airplanes to customers.

The FAA told airlines to check the Max airplanes for a loose bolt in the rudder control system.