in the side of the fuselage where a panel is in place, supposed to be in place in order to fend off emergency exits on those planes that are carrying fewer passengers than the plain is able to carry. were that to have happened, at a higher altitude, actualfact a higher altitude, actual fact it a higher altitude, actualfact it occurred minutes after the plane had left portland, experts are saying that the outcome could have been catastrophic with people as well as possessions being sucked out the hole in the fuselage. sucked out the hole in the fuselage- fuselage. and that is a horrific fuselage. and that is a horrific fort, fuselage. and that is a | horrific fort, something fuselage. and that is a - horrific fort, something like a hollywood movie. but the federal aviation administration is looking into this so these planes are grounded for now, aren t they? planes are grounded for now, aren t they? they are indeed. 171 of the aren t they? they are indeed. 171 of the max aren t
hole were unoccupied. so grateful we were not higher in the air that more things did not fly out, that no one flew out, i think that s incredible we are all safe for the most part. the boeing max 9 gives the option of more seats and two extra emergency exits or fewer seats and the bolted down door also has a window. it was assembled in wichita, kansas by a supplier called spirit aero systems. ntsb is investigating and a portland teacher found the door plug in his back yard. that will help. right now, they are just investigating this one plane, not the whole fleet, and they discovered on three previous flights the pressurization warning light came on. alaska ordered some maintenance, which had not been done yet and limited where the plane could fly. we do know that for there
have grounded what more can you tell us? airlines have grounded all what more can you tell us? airlines have grounded all of what more can you tell us? airlines have grounded all of their what more can you tell us? airlines have grounded all of their boeing i have grounded all of their boeing 737 max 9 lanai after that incident and they have just confirmed they have found loose bolts on the door plugs of several of their aeroplanes and in fact the bbc news partner in america cbs say sources have told them loose bolts have been found on them loose bolts have been found on the door plugs of at least five united aeroplanes. it was of course an alaskan aeroplane that suffered a dramatic midair blow out on friday but all 737 max 9s have been grounded and you can understand why after the door plugs fell off midair and it was found in the back garden of a teacher in portland, oregon, today. just to explain, the door plug is what is used when you have an airliner that doesn t need all
this airplane was about two months old, and that was it, and had about less than 150 flights on it. reporter: former ntsb and faa official jeff guzzetti says this boeing 737 max 9 was modified, requiring fewer emergency exits because it had fewer passenger seats. that missing section was a covered door it was deactivated and then paneled over, so, it s something that alaska airlines maintenance folks wouldn t normally be touching all of a sudden, i heard a big bang reporter: he believes the scary scene was caused by cabin pressure pushing out on increasingly thin air as the plane climbed. it happened really at a lower altitude than i would expect, which kind of tells me that that door was really not doing its job in keeping the pressure inside of the fuselage reporter: cabin depressurization can turn deadly in 2018, this southwest flight experienced an uncontained engine failure, sending parts