See plane passengers watch as door blows off mid-air
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- Опубликовано: 5 янв 2024
- Following a mid-air emergency causing an Alaska Airlines flight to land minutes after taking off, the Federal Aviation Administration said it will temporarily ground some Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes used by U.S. airlines.
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Sadly the passenger by that door has now been billed for extra legroom.
Plus he has lost his phone and his dentures 🦷
and for soiling the seat cushion.
Lol Idk why I laughed omg. Thank God no one was actually sitting there.
I would absolutely press the flight attendant button about that
LoLz
Pushing the button on spirit would be $100 charge😂
LOL 🤣😂😆
I'm curious how long after the button was pressed that anyone showed up
Without any shame!
As someone with PTSD, I believe that kid sitting near that door will likely develop it. I hope he has the care he needs.
you only have one, you are lucky
Or maybe he isn`t as much of a wimp as all the other young wimps claiming PTSD/ADHD/ADD etc etc etc nowadays and will just get on with his life instead of wallowing in his own attention-seeking misery for the rest of his life like you..
You'd be surprised. Kids are incredibly resilient. It's a minority of adults who have trouble moving on.
That's why a lot of adults have childhood trauma. /eyeroll @@paulmaxwell8851
@@paulmaxwell8851actually something like 80-90% of adults even with severe traumatic events will not develop ptsd. PTSD is a rare outcome of trauma not the norm even in severe trauma groups.
Seat with panoramic views, extra ventilation and priority exit, they should charge a premium for that
Husshhh!! keep quiet. don't give them any ideas.
As long as the seatbelt was a double one!!!!
Just enjoy the breeze, wind in your hair, like a ride in a convertible. 😁
Wonder if the find my phone is turned on.
I don't know why they're so confused about this door, the BBC reported on this hours ago and made clear that this is an optional extra for an emergency exit. It looks like a door because on some of these planes you can have another exit there. This plane doesn't utilize that extra door, but the design of the fuselage is the same so the door is replaced by a blank panel. Obviously, in this instance, there was some kind of weakness in that blank panel which resulted in the panel separating from the fuselage.
How come the BBC could find this out this morning but MSNBC couldn't?
It is a plug door that is nonfunctional.
@@randyme2151 Have to bring race into everything no matter how unrelated it is.🙄
@@randyme2151yet, you're the ONLY one here doing that. I guess you're just as "woke".
@@randyme2151 I’m surprised you could even spell woke, I definitely know you have no idea what it means.
@@randyme2151people talk about you when you leave the room
They’re shocked at how ridiculous you’ve become
The B 737 max is a very safe plane. As long is it on ground and all engines are off. ! Greetings from old Germany 🇩🇪
Old Germany like imperial germany?
@@RoderikvanReekum Maybe a reference to Old Europe? Some people still remember the quote from Donald Rumsfeld.
Is this the same model that was flown when the 3 boeing planes crashed?
😂
😂😂😂
Oh my goodness. Many years ago , my Dad & i were going on vacation together. After seated a crunch noise was heard. Door ripped off while going backwards still attatched to the tunnel. They were trying to repair it as we just sat. My Dad being a 32 year Naval Officer (Combat Aviation Specialist) went up front & said a very few words & turned to me & said let's go. We left & boarded another airline. As well vas a few others... We later found out that door fell off taxiing down the runway. 🤯
if he door have it repaired i would also get out
you dont taxi down a runway...
That's what its called, you dork. You could've googled it, at least. @@harthepro4902
Best to keep your seat belt on when you’re in the plane.
Airlines should start making announcements for passengers to wear their seatbelts. I’ll make sure to write in to the airlines maybe they’ll start recommending this to passengers. Such a novel concept. 🤣
@@sitcom1971 They do recommend during the safety briefing to keep your seatbelt fastened even when the seatbelt sign is off, at least on the Delta flight I was on over Christmas break they did. Idk about other airlines.
@@Klako-ls6yt Obviously all airlines follow FAA rules which is whenever seated wear your seatbelt it's a requirement for safety reasons and avoid accountability in case anything happens they made the announcement. Also during turbulence it's mandatory. If passengers are intellectually challenged to not wear a seatbelt in vehicle or an aircraft then...............
This is one of the reasons why I wear my seatbelt on a plane throughout the whole flight ✈️
Planes very rarely fall apart. But there are many good reasons to always wear your seatbelt. The number ONE reason is turbulence. You never know when disturbed air will cause the plane to rapidly loose altitude. Happens in a second. If you're not strapped in, you'll rapidly kiss the ceiling, then the floor, then maybe the ceiling again. Always wear your belt unless you have to go to the toilet. Then get back as quick as you can and buckle up again.
@@sfperalta LOSE altitude
@@mattnieschwitz4727 i like loose altitude its edgy hee hee
This why I retired from Boeing after 37 years, couldn't take the new management and their cost cutting measures. Total disregard for quality.
@@stevenk1833 Better safe then sorry. Good for you!! Enjoy your retirement...😁✈️
This "hole" is a disconnected emergency exit that Alaska doesn't have to use due to their passenger density. My guess is that the locking mechanism on the exit failed. The question is how/why.
When a random youtube comment has more info than the journalists....
If you look at the other exits though, they are much smaller.
It should be noted that it wasn’t even designated as an emergency exit. On the inside the door was completely paneled over. The hole is used during major maintenance procedures. Reports are coming in that Alaska airlines has a procedure for immediately opening them upon delivery. Sounds like maintenance issue seeing as the plane was delivered months ago.
Sometimes I really think that some of these journalist and news agency are really dumb, use your brains people.
There is no "locking mechanism" because here was no door there.
The fuselage is the same design overall, the purchaser can just add optional extras. Alaska Airlines didn't need or want that extra door so instead of putting a door there Boeing installs a blank panel, to match the rest of the plane interior and exterior.
It's the same as you ordering a new car with a sunroof as an optional extra. They don't change the entire design of the car, they just replace the sunroof with a blank panel.
This panel is what failed, not a locking mechanism.
This is why you put your seatbelt on and listen to the flight crew. Even on a normal flight, never argue with the flight crew. Their jobs are hard enough as it is and they have lots to think about.
Can you imagine if this had happened AFTER they allowed people to take off their seat belts? Anyone sitting near that opening would have been sucked out.
Like remembering to lock the door...
@@miket8909 its a false door
The airline manufacturer or safety engineers not the flight staff are viable ..
@@miket8909😂😂😂😂
This is why everyone should choose Airbus instead of Boeing if at all possible, unless the planes are older. I worked for this company for a long time and they used to care about safety, customers and quality, not to mention workers.
I was on a 737 Max 8 recently. When we landed, we had to de-board the plane from the back because of a "weight distribution problem." My first question was, how did you not know this before taking off? Perhaps, this happens more frequently than I know of, but in all my years of flying, I've never heard of this before.
happened to me too. weird!!
They did know about this before takeoff and it's planned for at the destination. When the plane is boarded initially, you have the 1st class passengers get on first. This puts weight between the main and nose gear at first, then the rest of the plane is loaded up. On every flight, estimates are made for passenger weight and baggage weight and its location in the aircraft. This is critical information that affects aircraft handling, fuel load, etc.
When you deplane at your destination, normally 1st class gets off first. However, sometimes in certain loading situations (like heavier passengers concentrated in the back of the aircraft) you risk moving the center of gravity behind the main gear because all of that weight in the front goes away. If that happens the plane will drop the tail to the ground.
It isn't weird, it's just good planning. Be thankful the airlines know what they're doing.
@@artjackson8360 Was hoping someone could offer an explanation to that. Thanks for the clarification.
For take off you have a lot of fuel in the plane to balance the load. When they stretched the plane for more passengers the CG weight must have move back. They tried moving the engines forward but it can cause a flight problem for the pilot.
@@danc2014 When a plane is stretched, there is a fuselage section added forward and aft of the wing. This keeps the CG in roughly the same location.
That plane, 737 Max, is cursed. Just scrap it and develop a new plane.
There already IS a new plane, the A220, but corrupt Boeing executives got the feds to impose duties of 292%!!!. These duties were later reversed, but succeeded in delaying the new plane from entering the US market, while Boeing tried to form a partnership with Embraer and launched a new 737 version to compete. Google: Bombardier CSeries --- Airbus A220.
(All accounts say the A220 is a much better aircraft than the newest Boeing 737 Max's. Passengers love them. For one thing, the fuselage panels don't fall off)
Bad idea they cant just develop a new plane and have more bugs. They should develop from one of their most reliable plane. Start that AS a foundation.
It worked for Airbus
Cargo doors opening abruptly mid flight caused too many DC-10 planes to fall from the skies decades ago. It took years before understanding it's significance.
I can't imagine the terror these people had to endure until finally landing .
G\Former Boeing Everett... bet the aircraft will investigated thoroughly.
Thankfully no one was sucked out this time. I had nightmares after flight attendant Clarabelle Lansing was sucked out of Aloha Airline flight 243.
Did you watch the video? Did it look like anyone was panicking during the landing?
that has happened on United Airline 747 200 flight from Hawaii to New Zealand where the cargo door broke open and the panels of the plane broke and the passenger seat got broke off the floor and sucked out.
I well remember that problem with the DC10!!
Boeing, get your act together.
Yea? How many billions did you put in the economy?
@@dasstigmatheyve been bailed out by the public many times and indirectly the airlines which buy them. Billions went into the airline industry in 2020 in the usa. From public money
tax payer funded company@@dasstigma
@@_Meng_Lan Do you think @dasstigma is a Republican?
@@djsmithe dunno!!
This keeps happening as long as corporate greed trumps human life and safety. Boeing. Once one of the jewels in the crown of America's industry. Now a huge embarrassment and liability.
The word 'Trumps' is certainly relevant here. Just a little reminder that not all red tape cutting is good to MAGA!
It’s funny seeing Trump live rent-free in your head 24/7, especially when he was the one who ordered the 737 max to be grounded. But still, orange man bad, right?
@@oofballz4328 Who delegated 95% of safety testing away from the FAA and straight into the hands of the manufacturer to help them catch up with the Airbus Neo? I am British so have very little issue with who the US president is. This is just a simple case of who is to blame. I am amazed as to why ordinary US citizens populate his base support when it is abundantly clear to anyone with a brain that he puts vast corporations ahead of the consumer and the man on the street. Totally mind blowing!
Pretty good advertising for Boeing! First the reported loss of a window, and now the reported loss of a door! Great advertising!!
Even better because there was no door there before 😂
They made a door that can olso be a window if needed.
I have one question...Where is the door??? LOL
@@Fatdog-Dakind Probably someplace on the ground after departing PDX 28L and making its left turn heading to Ont at approx 16,000 ft when the door apparently decided it, the door, no longer needed the airplane.
@@RoderikvanReekum THat will be the safest seat on the plane after this huh?
Imagine sitting next to that door in flight 😮
Or worse, standing next to it just stretching your legs. You’d get sucked out in a flash.
Right???
Imagine booking a flight and finding out the plane was glued together by Boeing.
They were sitting next to a window, that became a door that then became a hole!
Lucky that this happened right after take off before the fasten sit belt sign went off. Everyone was still strapped in…
Why isn't anyone talking about shareholder value and executive pay? Both groups are delighted with the plane and the quality of the construction.
I'm sure shareholders are flying on their private jets and won't touch the Max.
I wonder if buying a price dip could be good....
There was a door there. Its used on higher denisty airlines. It was not used for Alaska because they don't cram people in like cattle. The interior has it hidden behind panels, but its there. You can see the locking rings attached to the fuselage.
The "door" can't be opened unless replaced with a real door.
So if you ripped the interior paneling out, would you find an actual door there complete with handles, or a 'door' that is mostly structuraly the same as an exit door, but devoid of handles and bolted shut (as in actually bolted shut)?
I can't imagine airlines simply 'plastering' over an otherwise fully functioning exit door because of the numerous FAA rules and regulations and required inspections regarding such equipment, even if it's never intended to be used. And you can imagine the absolute PR nightmare when word gets out over the hackneyed cowboy job of a paneled over functioning exit door.
My house also has a giant hole on the front of it. We like to keep things warm in the winter by plugging it with a slab of wood we call a "door."
In the pictures, you can see the locking pins still in the plug door frame, (fuselage). But the outer door panel separated from its locking pins. This connection is made with high strength bolts- Possibly the wrong bolts were used, or not torqued, not safety wired, etc.
Again? 737 Max is so problematic.
Then why didn't you make a better one?
@dasstigma your logic is massively fallacious
@@dasstigma Sure, in my back yard. You're a bit douchey
The problems are with Boeing's quality control that seems to be fundamentally broken. Any Boeing plane delivered in the past 10 years should be grounded. Not just the 737 Max 9's.
@@Junyowhat Boeing aircraft has had issues that would cause them to be grounded?
Just after takeoff! How fortuitous, everyone was buckled up safely!
Not to mention the altitude!
The comments section gives me a better understanding of the situation than mainstream news channels.
The guy been interviewed, can be a reporter. He discribe everything precisely, withou any exageration or been nervous or over acting on the interview.
and he was spot on by using a refrigerator as a measuring device, 'cos we don't understand those funky feet/incheds things or those stupid meter/centimeter things. 4 stars outta 5!
@@briggs5534 Absolutely, I wouldn't think a better example as that one.
This is a plug type door. It is held firmly closed by cabin pressure. To open it you would first need to pull it inwards if you can overcome the differential pressure. Other videos show the door stops intact. It's very puzzling how this plug type door could have fallen off.
There is no way the door can be opened at all unless replaced with a real door.
Fallen off?
You mean "blown out"
The cabin is pressurized, therefore the door would've blown outward.
That door is not a plug door
It was not a plug type door it was a door plug which can only be removed from the outside.
I’m so glad the kid didn’t get sucked out with his shirt. So crazy!
It is surprising that no one was sucked out of the plane during the decompression
At 10000 ft the compression is minimal. Someone would have to be leaning against it unbelted to be pulled out.
This event happened at 16,000 feet... then the pilots quickly brought the plane down to a 10,000 foot altitude. The reporting here was lacking.
If it had of happened later at a higher altitude that may of happened, the fasten seat belts sign was likely still on.
The plane loses pressure in less than a second. people get sucked out in the movies.
Just imagine you are out walking and a phone comes flying out of the sky and cracks you in the head. Could be lethal.
Imagine getting hit by that door / panel. Scary stuff.
Never put the safety check and maintenance budget in the hands of a corporate executive.
Facts
Our airline (Air New Zealand) has just been named the safest in the world, which we've won 7 times since 2013. (Its pretty much a back n forth with Qantas.) We use Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 787, and Airbus A320. Safety is the highest priority.
The passenger will be like" WOW. Lots of fresh air."
do they fly alaska too?
@@brightlight3520 I believe so.
They’re incredibly lucky that that piece did not strike the tail wing section and they weren’t at 30,000 feet if it did the plane would’ve crashed due to destabilization.
Ever since the two Boeing 737 Max planes crashed a few years ago, I still don't trust that plane whatsoever. I personally check what type of plane that I'm going to fly on whenever I travel by plane. Some travel sites allow you to pick the type of aircraft to fly on or at least see what plane you're going to travel on. Boeing should just cut their losses and rethinking that particular aircraft, people aren't going to fly on a plane with a history like this with all the problems that have occurred since its inception. Just make a plane that's safe and won't fall apart. There are planes that are at least 10-15 years old that fly better than the 737 Max, even with proper maintenance.
That's like the DC10's there was a spate of fatal accidents and therefore my sister a flyer, hated them, especially after she missed her flight and that flight crashed in Japan. Thankfully she didn't die that day, but obviously RIP to the people who did . 😢
People used to do the same for DC10s for a long time
If it's Boeing I'm not going.
I flew a 737 Max on a travel away from home. It was brand new and very comfortable. Then during my stay away the crashes (or just one crash, I don´t remember) happened, and many countries banned the 737 planes from their airspace - and many airlines grounded them. But my airline didn´t. I said I wouldn´t fly back on that plane - I would refuse. Luckily they grounded their crafts and I got home on a different plane. There is something totally off with those planes, ugh.
Alaska had the jackscrew problem 25 years ago that caused an aircraft to plunge inverted into the Pacific.
Yep. I remember that one.
My question is when the executives at Boeing will actually face consequences for their various malfeasances they have done including the all those deaths from the two entirely preventable crashes?
Will the US public also hold Trump to account for enabling it by red tape cutting? MAGA?
how is it possible that these max-versions are always defective?
737-max.. if normal flying is too boring for you.... 737-max..THE real adventure aircraft.. 737-max..our customers are always right.. OH, sorry, our shareholders are always right.
It is an UNUSED Door, it is used when there are max people/souls onboard, they use it as a emergency exit.. That plane didn't have the max number of seats which would require the use of that emergency door. I am a commercial pilot just as an fyi..
I see ^_^, so no one is seated there or in that row unless the plane is at capacity. Is that correct?
@@kumaonrain7955It looks like a normal seating row and window from inside the plane. Someone could have been sitting right there.
It had no hinges, handles or latches. Not much of a door.
MAX = Maximum excitement
Max 8 went straight to the ground, Max 9 is an improvement.. the doors blow out mid flight
2:29 Open door is blocked or disabled emergency exit. It is not required on this plane because there are less seats than normal. The next owner of the passenger plane can use the emergency door again if the number of seats is increased to max.
Boeing's extending its reputation of making junk planes.
Airbus has never had issues and crashes....like never 😆
PROFITS OVER PEOPLE
Glad this is getting sorted out before my max 9 flight on Alaska next month!
Cool, I'm never getting a seat next to one of these "doors" again. Thanks Alaska for the heads up.
My understanding is that there was a loss of cabin air pressure alarm that was going off prior to this incident. Meaning several flights were made before this door blew off incident. Replairs should of been made and or investigators should of inspected this loss of cabin pressure issues with this door.
Just so you all know.
All doorways are technically holes.
Bottom less holes
"All doors are holes" 😆
But no " a panel "!!😂😂😂
@@sigurdurmarolafsson4183 Not a door, apparently, just a door frame where an optional door can be fitted, and a panel covering the hole.
But not all holes are doorways. Amirite!
boeing went wayyyy down from where they were
Standards of the new generation of Boeing workers, managers, not to mention other sensitive companies throughout the economy are steadily declining feeding from their mediocre schooling and experiences... promoted and coddled without merit and through various diversity and inclusion programs among other lazy and lax processes, as compared to previous generation. These are FACTS and the worst is yet to come unfort.
1:46 - "Personnel" items?? Are we talking resumes, applications, etc?
It was the secret door to Narnia. And now it's gone! 😔
It seems that the plane was still ascending and thus everybody were buckled up
This was a plug for an unused emergency exit. From the inside it looks like a regular window. It's mind boggling that this happened.
This is a deactivated emergency door exit due to less than 200 seat configuration on this model of airplane. Thus, a plug is substituted.
This is better than first class, view and fresh air
To this aero engineer, it looks like the panel is where they would put a door for when the aircraft is converted to cargo usage late in its life. This was not a door at this point. The news reader has no idea what she is talking about. There are regular lifts that would boost cargo up to that level. They need to get some good technical consultants. I'm available for a good rate.
No one cares what you think.
Thank you foe sharing.😊
Thanks for the clickbait title MSNBC - should be titled "See plane passengers watch AFTER door blows off mid-air"
Thats the L2 door, used for rear passenger load and unload, used sometimes were there are jetways for the rear door, never saw one depart that way in all the years i worked for airlines, good thing no one was sucked out of the aircraft.
Fall weather in Houston?! Orange leaves?! What temp? Texas winter, no snow.
After the two accidents, this thing shouldn't be flying anywhere!
what's next?? involuntary ejection seats? removable roof?? detachable engines??
It's obviously a doorway. There are even photos available online from boing showing this opening from the inside during the initial rollout of this model. You can see from exterior photos of other 737's that this is clearly some kind of access as it's outline is visible.
Imagine the pain in your ears when that happened
Basically this reporter found nothing out. I can't imagine the person sitting right next to that breach. That's the moment you pray the bolts holding your seat to the floor are solid.
as soon as I saw the outside of the plane, I saw ... a missing door. from all of the hype on the net here, referring to blown out fuselage, blown out window... when it clearly is not.
Thanks to the Houston correspondent for taking time from her visit to her neighborhood park.
I'll never go for the window seat again. Aisle, please.
Anchor asks a good question about the opening and why it looks so regular. The MAX-9 in some seating configurations has enough people aboard that it needs an emergency exit door there (and on the other side). Alaska's configuration has lower "passenger density" and so it doesn't require an operable door in that position, so they configure it with a non-operable plug that looks from the inside like any other part of the plane, although with different spacing around that window. There was some kind of failure here that caused that plug to depart, which in turn caused the loss of pressurization. In my opinion, the most likely cause is going to be an error in assembly, but we'll see what the investigation finds.
The question is what kind of emergency exit door they're using that could have failed under pressurization. Best practice is definitely to use a plug door, since they're physically larger than the hole in the frame, and shouldn't be able to blow out -- and can't be opened mid-flight because the pressurization of the aircraft seals the door even tighter. However, looking at the video, there appear to be some kind of loose hinges or other metal pieces hanging out of the plane at the bottom of the door frame? Which makes me wonder if they actually used an outward-hinging door here instead of a plug door??? That would be an absolutely inane engineering decision, IMO, as that famously led to multiple cargo door blowouts on the DC-10 when it was first rolled out, including the deadliest single-aircraft accident without survivors in aviation history.
@@aurelia2132 I just read something about this, so I'll try to relay what I read. I'm not an expert by any means, so take my interpretation of what I read with a grain of salt. When the plane is configured as it is for Alaska, where that exit is not needed, there's a hinged panel that's installed where the door would go. It is a plug-type panel, in that lugs on the door rest against corresponding lugs on the fuselage, preventing the door from moving outward, and it's pressed harder against those lugs by pressurization. Although it's not a normal door, it does need to be opened during inspections, so it's hinged at the bottom, and has cables at the top that prevent it from hinging outward farther than needed for inspections. To open it, the panel has to be moved vertically so that the lugs on the door can bypass the ones on the fuselage. Then it can swing down. This is similar to how the main cabin doors open as well, although of course they swing sideways. When the panel is closed, there are four bolts that are supposed to be installed to prevent it from making the vertical movement required for the lugs to bypass. If those bolts were installed incorrectly, the panel could have moved so that the lugs were not fully engaged, allowing the pressure to blow it open.
Why are they calling it a hole? It looks like an opened or missing door.
All they did was give them $1000 and a refund
I worked for the BC Forest Service at one time. We were waiting to get picked up by a float plain in a remote coastal area. As the float plane was coming along the water I saw flames in the engines. I asked another guy if this was normal and he said NO!
SOmething to remember next time you want to pay extra for that legroom on that seat right by the door window there.
Can you imagine what else we dont know?
When you prefer accountants over engineers. 🤷♂️
A teenager losing his/her cellphone...that is truly terrifying.
Imagine if he was engaged in something really embarassing on that phone right before it got pulled out of his hands. And imagine if the cell phone landed on something that enabled it to survive that 10,000 foot fall and is waiting for someone to find it?
What blew out was the plug to cover the extra hole in the left rear of the 737 Max 9 for another door. The Max 9 can be configured for long haul flights by removing some seats and installing another rear door for extra food carts to move on to the plane faster; on shorter flights you have more seats and less food to carry.
In a union shop you have to pass a skills test. In a non union shop you just need a resume.
yup; I had to for rebar and concrete
I used to say, "If it ain't Boeing, I'm NOT going." ....now, I'm just not going.
Not a panel but an emergency door that was not in use, you can see the bolts that secure it in place. so either it was not properly secured or a defect with the sealed door.
It had no hinges or handle. It did not move. It is a panel.
They were flying at or around 16,000 feet, not 10,000 feet. When the emergency started, they immediately to send it to 10,000 feet.
More like the wind was rushing out, at least initially. Good thing it wasn’t at altitude yet…
It’s a door, not a “panel”.
It is a door when the build the plane to be able to get the seats in. they did not seal the door right and pressure test it afterwards.
You need to proofread.
They probably had to clean several seats after everyone de-planed.
So where exactly is the video showing the moment the door blows off mid-air?
I bet it got a lil’ chilly 🥶 in there.. but yet it still flew and landed… 🛬
Boeing turning into McDonnell Douglas.
The passenger seat next to the door that blew out detached from the floor - you can see the two left legs hanging OUT the plane - the whole seat pulled loose!!
Thank you for flying with Alaska Airlines.
We hope you had an enjoyable & pleasant flight. 😆🇬🇧.
Kind of sad the amount of unintentional misinformation in this report. The plane was passing through 16,000-feet, not 10,000, and the area where the whole is, is for the installation of an emergency exit on planes that are configured to hold more passengers than this plane was configured for. The "plug" blew out of the fuselage.
It's an emergency exit that is covered up from the inside because seating requirements require x number of exits. Business class has fewer seats than economy so often there are more exits than are required by law. They simply cover over the unused exits and place a row of seats there.
This title is misleading, I expected to see footage of someone who caught the depressurization as it happened.
That had to be insanely loud
It would've been COLD up there!!!
Very surprised the teenager did not jump out of the plane to recover his phone . After all it is the most important thing in a teenager’s life !
AA and its passengers:😐
Boeing: It's not a bug, it's a feature.
Thats not a panel, or window! Quit downplaying it, it's an emergency exit door! I work inside it everyday!
Before going on camera, the reporter needed to get better information. Those in the airline industry know exactly why the "plug" was covered and not being used as an emergency exit. It was by design so that if the aircraft had been reconfigured to hold more passengers, it could be used as an exit. So, it wasn't a good question that no one seemed to know the answer too.
It is a blank in place of an unneeded emergency exit.
🙄What a terrifying ordeal that must have been to be in. What if a small child or a very short in stature adult or a severe disabled adult had been on that flight sitting near that door at the time?
It was just a teenager. They're tough.
The anchor seems to think a door flew off. She should watch the news. It's already been explained 6000 times in the previous 24 hours. And why is the field reporter in Houston? The aircraft is in Portland. MSNBC should do better reporting.