hello. and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m michael holmes. a terrifying incident leaves many boeing 737 max 9s temporarily grounded and 177 passengers and crew feeling lucky to be alive. we re actually now waiting for a news briefing from the u.s. national transportation safety board. that s set to begin at any minute, and we will bring it to you live. they ll be discussing what happened on alaska airlines flight 1282 on friday. officials and witnesses say a part of the fuselage called a plug blew off during the plane s ascent leaving a gaping doorway sized hole in the side of the jet while it was an altitude of 16,000 feet. that s around 4,900 meters. incredibly the plane made a successful emergency landing and there were injuries but none of them serious. now, after the alaska airlines emergency, the u.s. federal aviation administration temporarily grounded certain boeing 737 max 9 aircraft operated by u.s. airlines or in u.s. terri
even though this plug is in place or the interior doesn t look like a door at all, that in many cases they can still be accessed from the outside to inspect and check those doors. and there are reports that they had pressurization problems reported on this plane, you know, before this flight. and so that would make one wonder whether the door latching mechanism was somehow defective or not properly shut. in prior crashes that i mentioned one was a turkish airliner, was united. american had one, they had no fatalities. and even the american air force c5a, big, huge plane had a door locking, or ceiling locking malfunction. and that has been the most common problem in the past. but the past is no indication of, you know, what s going to go on in this one. but in the past it was a failure
but anderson, he says he never opened the door, never tried to get out. thanks very much. let s talk about both cases on twitter right now. follow me @andersoncooper, tweet #ac360. after the break, would-be hijacker is in custody in connection to the olympics. late word on what happened on a turkish airliner today and what authorities fear might happen next. also tonight he broke ed war snowden s story. i m going to talk to glen greenwald about returning to america and the possibility of facial criminal charges. [ male announcer ] you ve never watched her like this before. never taken the time to just.watch. but something about spending this time together, sailing past ancient glaciers in alaska. talking under a universe billions of years old. makes you realize how old time is and how short life is.
can can do a good job. back in north carolina, the highly oiled machine heritage results, rules oriented and i think that s important thing in emergency response. we came to help the guy in the ditch we are always focused on that. that sets us a little distance from the bureaucracy, from the challenges you will see a whole lot more of our trip to iraq and first. fox files right here on fox news channel. watch it or dvr it. and bill o reilly is next but first get ready to speed read your way through the news. right now security on high alert at the olympics. a hijacking triggering new security concerns. man hijacking a turkish airliner fly from the ukraine to turkey then the
can can do a good job. back in north carolina, the highly oiled machine heritage results, rules oriented and i think that s important thing in emergency response. we came to help the guy in the ditch we are always focused on that. that sets us a little distance from the bureaucracy, from the challenges you will see a whole lot more of our trip to iraq and first. fox files right here on fox news channel. watch it or dvr it. and bill o reilly is next but first get ready to speed read your way through the news. right now security on high alert at the olympics. a hijacking triggering new security concerns. man hijacking a turkish airliner fly from the ukraine to turkey then the