A Wakefield, Michigan man plans to take his concerns to the Gogebic County Board after he says an emergency exit door ripped off a plane just moments before his flight from Minneapolis to Ironwood, MI was about to take off Wednesday.
Tom Yon said he was seated just feet from the door on what he described as a small, 8-person plane flown by Boutique Airlines, a private aircraft company.
"We were just about to take off, probably going I don't know 100 miles per hour and the door just flew off. There was a loud bang and the door flew off and the noise and the wind and everything," Yon said.…
The incident happened at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (file photo).
Two pilots have been fired from a small US airline after the emergency door flew out of its frame and onto the runway shortly before takeoff. One passenger estimates the aircraft was moving around 160kmh when he heard a “loud bang”. Boutique Air, which operated the flight from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport to Ironwood, Michigan, said the pilots had been sacked for not completing a pre-flight checklist. Passenger Tom Yon told KBJR-TVthat the suction from the missing door lifted a bag that was right by his side and tossed it straight out of the plane.
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A Minneapolis To Ironwood, MI Flight Loses Exit Door On Takeoff
This is a wild story that may give you something else to think about during your next flight. A regional flight from Minneapolis Minnesota to Ironwood Michigan was aborted when an emergency exit door on the plane blew off during takeoff.
According to KBJR 6, Tom Yon from Wakefield Michigan was seated next to the door when it came off during the takeoff. He says it was a small 8 passenger plane operated by Boutique Airlines, which is a private aviation company. He believes they were traveling about 100 mph when the door flew off. He describes it as a loud bang and then noisy with all the wind rushing into the cabin. He didn t even realize that his carry-on bag was sucked out of the plane. Crew returned him his bag an hour after the incident.
By Hannah DeRuyter
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A flight from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Ironwood, Michigan, was aborted after an airplane s emergency exit door flew off during take-off.
Tom Yon was a passenger on a Boutique Airlines flight last Wednesday (May 5) when the emergency exit door broke off when leaving the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. Sitting just a few feet away from the exit door, Yon told
KBJR 6 during an interview what it was like when the incident happened. “We were just about to take off probably going, I don’t know 100 miles per hour, and the door just flew off, a loud bang, and the door flew off and the noise and the wind and everything. I didn’t even see my bag get sucked out of the plane. I got it right here, this bag right here, got sucked right out of the plane. They gave it to me about an hour after take-off.”