According to a comprehensive report by the Canadian News Agency: On Friday afternoon, an Alaska Airlines flight 1282 from Portland, USA to Ontario, California (Ontario, California) took off only 6 minutes after a loud bang broke out, and the fuselage was blown open a big hole. The plane immediately lost pressure and the oxygen mask slipped off on board, and the situation was very critical.
The plane, which was carrying 171 passengers and seven crew members, took off from Portland Airport at 5:07. One passenger described the explosion as like the sound of an ear popping when a plane landed, with a bang, but ten times as loud. The "explosion" resulted in a large missing piece of the fuselage, which appeared to be a door that had fallen.
But the strange thing is that this is not an emergency exit, but just a window, next to the seats. The loss of pressure caused many small objects to be sucked out of the machine, and several people's mobile phones were also sucked away with the explosion.
Fortunately, seat 26A next to the explosion was not occupied, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.
In the next two seats is a mother with a child. The strong suction force sucked the child's shirt directly out of the plane. The whirring cold wind blew into the airport, and the mother and child shivered.
The entire cabin was stunned by the sudden intrusion and felt the death coming. They put oxygen masks over their faces and sat quietly.
Passenger Emma Vu, who was sleeping at the time, was awakened by the sound of an explosion and felt that the whole plane was descending and people were screaming.
She sent a "final message" to her family via her mobile phone. "The oxygen mask is down, I'm so scared, please pray for me, I don't want to die".
At the time of the explosion, the plane had climbed to 18,000 feet. The pilot immediately contacted the tower and said that "there was an emergency" and that he needed to return immediately. No one knows what will happen.
The pilot behaved very calmly and told everyone to wear oxygen masks through the broadcast system, just like a safety reminder before takeoff, which was literally word-for-word.
The landing lasted 10 minutes, and there was a dead silence in the cabin, and no one made any sound.
Elizabeth, a 20-year-old passenger, said that the passengers were all calm, but I felt like I was about to cry, and who knows, this may be my last time.
Eventually, the plane landed at 5:26 a.m. and everyone returned safely, except for one person who needed medical treatment, but there was no major incident.
The airline only provided passengers with drinks and water, and offered tickets to Ontario the next day, which was complained by some passengers. Judging from the photos from the scene, the part where the plane fell is very neat.
The airline said it was originally designed to be an emergency exit, but before the plane left the factory, Boeing eliminated the door and replaced it with a regular window. The structural design of the cabin has not changed.
What's even more shocking is that this is a new aircraft that only left the factory in November this year, and it has only been in operation for 2 months.
Alaska Airlines has made an emergency grounding of all 65 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft pending further safety checks.
On Saturday, the Federal Aviation Administration (F.A.A.) announced that it would ground certain Boeing 737 Max9 aircraft for safety checks, involving 171 aircraft worldwide.
The serious accident dealt another blow to the Boeing 737 Max. Previously, two 737 Max aircraft full of passengers were destroyed due to design flaws, resulting in a widespread grounding around the world.
This time, the new plane, which had just left the factory and was operating in the United States, exploded in the air again, and I really don't know if passengers will dare to fly this type of plane again in the future.
In an internal document, Boeing employees reportedly complained about the design of the 737 Max, calling it a clown-designed, monkey-supervised plane.