Alaska Airlines; flight 1282 Forced to make emergency landing back to Portland after a depressurization
A small boy whose mother was observed clutching onto him was reportedly torn from his shirt by the force of depressurization during the emergency landing.
Alaska Airlines; flight 1282 Forced to make emergency landing back to Portland
Alaska Airlines; flight 1282 Forced to make an emergency landing back to Portland after a depressurization just after takeoff
An Alaska Airlines aircraft had a depressurization on Friday afternoon while traveling from Portland to Ontario, California. following takeoff.
Just after 5 p.m., Alaska flight 1282 departed Portland and returned to PDX without further drawback. KATU News has verified that the section of the fuselage that went missing is, in fact, an exit door once the aircraft has touched down again.
Commercial pilot and flight instructor Robert Katz tells KATU News that based on the photographs he’s seen, the door appears to have been torn off quite vehemently.
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At 16,000 feet, about 40 minutes into the trip, an emergency door that had been converted to a conventional cabin window blew off. The catastrophic malfunction caused the cabin to rapidly lose pressure, which in turn caused havoc for the 171 passengers and 6 crew members on board. The warning was recorded on audio as the pilot radioed air traffic control for help in an emergency.
With a desire to save as many lives as possible, the captain proclaimed an emergency and asked to be diverted. Witnesses said they heard an enormous explosion, which they compared to a “really loud boom,” and then there was a strange silence while the plane quickly descended. Amazingly, none of the passengers or crew were reported injured considering how serious the situation was.
Travelers described the bizarre encounter, with Elizabeth, one of them, expressing shock and saying,
“It sounded like your ears were popping like normally on a plane, but 10 times louder. I couldn’t believe it was real,” she said.
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A small boy whose mother was observed clutching onto him was reportedly torn from his shirt by the force of depressurization during the emergency landing. Through the blown-out window, passengers could also see their phones being pulled out into the starry sky.
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