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The footage is of Boeing 737 Max plane. After takeoff, its door flew into the air, following which it made an emergency landing.
A major accident almost happened on Saturday with a Boeing 737-9 Max flight of Alaska Airlines in America. When the plane going from Portland to Ontario, California reached an altitude of 16.32 thousand feet after takeoff, the door of the plane broke and flew into the air. This was the emergency exit door of the plane.
Due to the uprooting of the door, the shirt of the child sitting on the adjacent seat got torn. Some passengers' phones also flew in the air. However, the child's mother saved him from falling out of the plane. After this, emergency landing of the plane was done. Airlines have banned the flight of all Boeing 737-9 aircraft after this incident. Meanwhile, India's aviation regulator DGCA has asked to inspect the emergency exit door of the Boeing 737-8 Max plane.
The footage is of the Boeing 737 Max plane, after the door flew off, the pressure inside the plane decreased and the oxygen masks opened.
Alaska Airlines has given information about the incident on its social media page. According to the information, there were 171 passengers and 6 crew members on board the plane. The incident occurred on Friday at around 5 pm local time. You can understand the location of the plane door from the graphic given below.
The door shown in the circle on the plane itself was uprooted during the flight. After this, emergency landing of the plane was done.
Pilot declared emergency
According to the Daily Mail report, the pilot of the plane declared an emergency as soon as the door separated. In the audio recordings, the pilot is heard asking air traffic control about landing.
The pilot said- There is an emergency in Alaska 1282. We are returning to Portland. Now we have reached an altitude of 12 thousand feet. We need to divert. There is an emergency in the plane and 177 people are present here. We want to land immediately.
A child was sitting on the seat next to the door. His shirt got torn. The plane was landed back in Portland within half an hour of takeoff.
Passenger said- The sound was so loud that it seemed as if ears would burst.
Everyone on board the plane is safe and has reached Portland. At present, America's National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the matter. 20-year-old Elizabeth, who was on board the plane, told that the sound was 10 times louder than what is usually heard while sitting in the plane. It felt as if our ears would burst.
Another passenger Kaylee Rinker said- There was silence in the plane. No one was saying anything because of fear. The oxygen masks came out as soon as there was a disturbance in the plane. Many people also used it.
When the door of the plane was uprooted, there was a loud noise, hearing which people got scared. A scared man can be seen in the picture.
Boeing 737 Max aircraft has crashed several times
Boeing manufactured the 737 Max aircraft in 2015. The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) approved it in 2017. Since then it has become the most used aircraft in the world. In 2018, this plane crashed for the first time while flying under Indonesian airline. About 189 people had died then.
After this, another Boeing 737 Max plane crashed in March 2019. 157 people died in this. Three days later, the FAA banned the flight of this plane. In 2021, Boeing paid a fine of $2.5 billion to the US Justice Department.
The picture is from 2018, when the Boeing 737 Max aircraft crashed into the sea after takeoff from Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.
After many allegations related to the design and manufacturing of the plane, the company spent billions getting it repaired. After this, this plane was allowed to fly again from 2020.
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