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Alaska Airlines passenger reveals panicked text messages she sent her parents as plane DROPPED after window blew out mid-flight - as airline grounds all Boeing 737 amid urgent investigations
2024-01-07
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Terrified passengers have revealed what it was like on board an Alaska Airlines flight that almost ended in catastrophe on Friday evening

  • Emma Vu said she was asleep when she 'felt the entire plane drop', as a cabin window blew out and depressurized the jet

  • She texted her family her final goodbyes, while other passengers said they were preparing for their 'final moments'

Investigations have been launched by the National Transportation Safety Board, Alaska Airlines and Boeing, with the Boeing 737-9 MAX jet only going into service in November 2023.

The incident has sent shockwaves through the aviation industry and sparked urgent safety concerns, with Alaska Airlines grounding dozens of its Boeing 737-9 MAX jets for urgent safety checks following the emergency landing.

Reports indicate several other airlines and regulators are urgently looking into grounding their Boeing 737-9 MAX fleets, with critics pointing to several deadly crashes and systems failures involving the jets in recent years.

Posted by:Skidmark

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Posted by: Skidmark   2024-01-07 01:05  

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