Flight attendants on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 revealed disturbing details about the Jan 5. mid-air panel blowout incident, including fears that passengers were sucked out of the plane.
Flight attendants who worked on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 recently revealed disturbing new details about the Jan 5. mid-air panel blowout incident. The National Transportation Safety Board conducted a hearing about the incident on Tuesday as part of a lengthy investigation into Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets. In January, Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 from Portland, Oregon, to Ontario, California, was forced to make an emergency landing after part of the plane blew out mid-air.
said there is a hole in the plane, in the back of the plane, and I’m sure we’ve lost passengers," the attendant, who has 20 years of experience, testified. The employee also noted that they were worried about an unaccompanied child sitting near a window. "All I could think of was that he was sitting there, and he was too small to reach the mask and was probably really scared." Another attendant had the same fear about losing passengers and attempted to call for help.
think I was able to out, 'I think we have a hole, and we might've lost passengers.' And then it seemed like I just lost contact. I tried calling back, tried speaking loudly into the phone. I couldn't hear anything," the second flight attendant said.
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