In the United States, Alaska Airlines passengers experienced moments of horror, but the plane made a successful emergency landing and no one was injured.
On Friday in the United States, an Alaska Airlines flight from Portland to Ontario took a surprising turn when a piece of the plane’s fuselage broke off 20 minutes after takeoff.
The passengers got oxygen masks on their faces and were able to admire the scenery from the hole in the fuselage when the plane turned back.
The emergency landing in Portland was successful and no one was injured in the incident. It was a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane. On Saturday, the US Federal Aviation Administration FAA ordered all planes of that model to be temporarily banned from flying and for their safety to be checked.
The measure applies to 171 aircraft in the United States.
There was luck on the trip: no one was sitting in the window seat at the point where the piece came off. The hole in the plane also causes a rapid loss of pressure, which causes health risks for passengers.
Alaska Airlines inspected all of its Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after the incident. According to the company, the inspections did not reveal any safety risks.
Boeing’s 737 airplanes are the company’s best-selling models. They have had setbacks before.
All 737 Max aircraft were grounded for 20 months in 2018 and 2019 after accidents in Ethiopia and Indonesia. The accidents that claimed 346 lives were caused by faulty software on the machines.
The Civil Aviation Authority of India on Saturday ordered all its Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft to be inspected. In China, the air transport agency convenes for an emergency meeting due to the accident.
Source: AFP
The case was updated on January 6, 2024 at 8:14 p.m. FAA notice about the temporary flight ban was added to the case.
The matter has been corrected on 6 January 2024 at 20:26 The matter has been clarified that Boeing’s best-selling model is the 737 series aircraft, not specifically the 737 Max 9. It has also been clarified that due to the accidents in Ethiopia and Indonesia, all Max series aircraft were temporarily grounded, not just the Max 9 aircraft .