An airline planeAlaska Airlines lost, in mid-flight, a window and part of the side wall, a fact that has put into doubt the operation of theBoeing 737 MAX 9.
The moment was captured on video by one of the passengers of the aircraft, which was carrying 177 people and had to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off in Portland, Oregon.
In the clip you can see how the aircraft was flying with the window broken and oxygen masks hanging from the roof of the device.
No one was seriously injured when the depressurized plane returned safely to Portland International Airport about 20 minutes after departure, it said.Local 10 News.
After this incident, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) decided to ground Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft throughout the country, indicated a report fromThe country.
For its part, Alaska Airlines issued a statement, saying that of the 65 737 Max 9 aircraft in its fleet, crews had inspected paneled exits as part of recent maintenance work on 18 aircraft, and were cleared to return to the airport. service on Saturday.”
Likewise, the American manufacturer Boeing said in X that it is collecting more information and that a technical team is available to investigators.
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