Alaska Airlines: we were 'very fortunate' says NTSB

  • 7 months ago
No passengers were seated next to a cabin panel that blew out a day earlier on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9, the head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Saturday (January 6). - REUTERS
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00:00 We are very, very fortunate here that this didn't end up in something more tragic.
00:10 No one was seated in 26 A and B where that door plug is.
00:23 The aircraft was around 16,000 feet and only 10 minutes out from the airport when the door blew.
00:35 Fortunately, they were not at cruise altitude of 30,000 or 35,000 feet.

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