A panel behind the left wing of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 blew out, causing a gaping hole in the fuselage. The incident occurred during a routine flight from Portland to Ontario International Airport. No injuries were reported.
The emergency began with a bang three miles above Oregon. The first six minutes of Friday’s Alaska Airlines flight 1282 from Portland to Southern California’s Ontario International Airport had been routine, the cabin climbed, the cabin’s air pressure steadily increased, a normal occurrence in comparison to the rapidly thinning air outside. The plane’s four flight attendants and 171 passengers sat strapped in their seats, nearly filling its 178-passenger capacity.
Suddenly, a panel behind the left wing blew out. The force of the cabin air being sucked outside in a deafening rush twisted the metal bracing holding the seats next to the hole and ripped off their headrests — which by fate, were two of the few unoccupied seats
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