US grounds Boeing 737 Max 9 jets after mid-air emergency | BBC News
The US Airline regulator has ordered the grounding of more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9 passenger aircraft after a window and section of a fuselage blew out in midair during a flight the Alaska Airlines plane had 177 people on board and was at 16,000 ft when it happened
The pilot made an emergency landing and no one on board was hurt here the civil aviation Authority says safety inspections need to be carried out before the planes can enter UK airspace Graham Satchel has this report pictures taken by a passenger on board flight 1282 not long after takeoff
Look closely and you can see a hole in the side of the plane it looks like a window panel has been blown out this is the pilot talking to air traffic control yes we are emergency we are depressurized but we do need to return back too we have 177
Passengers more pictures again taken by passengers show the full extent of the damage in what was a terrifying experience for those on board all of a sudden I heard like a big bang and I didn’t know exactly what was going on but um I look up and the oxygen masks
Were hanging from the ceiling and then I look to my left and there’s this huge chunk part of the airplane just like missing there was a kid in that row who his shirt was sucked off him and of the plane and his mother a was holding on to
Him to make sure he didn’t go with it this is the latest incident involving Boeing’s bestselling model launched back in 2015 in October 2018 a 737 Max operated by Indonesian Airline Lion Air crashed shortly after takeoff killing all 189 on board 5 months later in March 2019 an Ethiopian Airline 737 Max was
Involved in a similar crash killing all 157 passengers that incident led to all Boeing 737 Maxes being grounded by the US regulator the Federal Aviation Authority for the next 20 months after this latest incident Alaska Airlines grounded all 65 of their 737 max9 Fleet for inspection a quarter being given a
Clean bill of health tonight just 20 minutes after takeoff flight 1282 made an emergency landing back at Portland International Airport in Oregon tonight the US Federal Aviation Authority has ordered the temporary grounding of 171 Boeing 737 max9 as investigators tried to work out exactly what happened Boeing has said it will
Cooperate with any investigation gra Satchel BBC News
The US airline regulator has ordered the grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jets after a section of the fuselage fell off in mid-air during an Alaska Airlines flight. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the inspections would affect 171 planes.
The Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California, was carrying 177 passengers and crew. It had reached 16,000ft when the section of the hull fell away causing the depressurisation of the cabin. The aircraft made an emergency descent and landed safely back in Portland.
Images taken by people on the flight showed the night sky a large hole in the fuselage alongside passenger’s seats. There were no reports of any injuries.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Graham Satchell.
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20 comments
Welcome to Portland, Oregon😀
Here we go again.
Refuse to fly this peice of Boeing shit
It bothers me how calm all the passengers are lol. They were like F this, there's nothing we can do anyways, lmao.
Imagine if this was Chinese C919, how would have the West reacted?
Is was cause by metal fatigue and maintenance error
If I was in that seat I'd be gone. I lean on the side and look out it the entire trip. I'd be dead bro.
Boeing has to take responsibility for this incident, 737 Max has many problems to resolve.
On older 737s there was an option to have doors there or not, depending upon how many seats were fitted. 737Max has introduced a further choice of a gaping hole.
perfect quality of west machnery ))))
American corporate cost shaving rears its head again. This is the ford Pinto of modern times
Southwest might want to reconsider their all Boeing fleet
Here we go again…
Iran is probably wishing they had just kept up the lie of "mechanical failure" for 3 years straight instead of 3 days, after having shot down a civilian airliner.
Alaska Airlines is all I needed to know.
Another excellent issue about Boeing American quality. !!!!!!!!
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There have been so many cases with this aircraft, i am going to avoid boeing 737 max at all costs now. I am sure the airlines which have invested a fortune in these faulty planes will clear them in a couple of weeks without caring for the safety of passengers.
A plug-door should never blow out. It is bigger than the hole it fits into, I has a beveled edge all around. They are using the word plug incorrectly.
Safety inspections. Executive management inspections at Boeing need to be carried out more likely.
Please post correct news. Emergency exit door blown out not window