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
an emergency landing. no one was injured. the uk and european air safety authorities have also implemented inspection orders. in the last hours, boeing has issued this statement: passengers have spoken about how close they came to danger. the bbc s graham satchell reports. pictures taken by a passenger on board flight 1282 not long after take off. look closely and you can see a hole in the side of the plane. it looks like a window panel has been blown out. this is the pilot talking to air traffic control. more pictures, again taken by passengers, show the full extent of the damage in what was a terrifying experience for those on board. all ofa sudden, i heard, like, a big bang and i didn t know exactly what was going on but i look up and the oxygen masks were hanging from the ceiling and then, i look to my left and there s this huge chunk part of the airplane just, like, missing. there was a kid in that row who his shirt was sucked off him and out of the plane and his mot
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New York (CNN) — Alaska Airlines said Saturday that about a quarter of its Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes have been returned to service after “thorough” inspections, and the remaining