an alaska airlines passenger plane with 177 people on board has been forced to make an emergency landing in the us state of oregon, after a window and a section of the fuselage blew out in mid air. the company has grounded its entire fleet of 737 max nine aircraft while safety inspections take place. the uk civil aviation authority said it was monitoring the situation very closely. simonjones reports. relief for all 177 passengers and crew on board to be back on the tarmac after a mid air emergency. the plane forced to land with a hole in its side and a window missing. the pilot, recorded earlier outlining to air traffic control the severity of the situation. it happened as the plane was 35 minutes into its flight to california. 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 airplanejust, like, missing. alaska airlines has temporarily grounded all 65 of its 737 max 9 aircraft to conduct inspect
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the fuselage broke off in mid air. despite the issues, no one was hurt and everyone was able to leave the plane safely. these pictures illustrate where the part of the fuselage went missing a panel next to a row of seats. it s not known if anyone was in the seat next to the panel when it failed. audio has emerged of the moment the on board crew informed flight control of what was happening. take a listen. we are declaring an emergency. we are descending down to 10,000. that is basically the crew declaring an emergency and then carrying out an emergency and then carrying out an urgent descent. alaska airlines said it would temporarily ground all 65 of its 737 max 9 aircraft to conduct inspections. in a statement the ceo said: we are working with boeing and regulators to understand what occured, my heart goes out to those who were on this flight. i m so sorry for what you experienced. boeing said a technical team was ready to support the investigation. he plane made an emer
hello and welcome to bbc news. the heatwave in southern europe is intensifying, with wildfires forcing thousands of people to flee towns and villages. a number of people have already died, and temperatures are predicted to go well above a0 celsius, in parts of spain and portugal. scientists say climate change is a factor in the severity of the heatwave. more than 11,000 people have been forced to leave france s south western gironde region, from where our europe correspondent, jessica parker, sent us this report. the fight to tackle flames through western france. they have been battling these fires four days. 1a,000 people have now been evacuated across the area of gironde. it went so fast, and the fire as well as big, big, big. my friends woke me up and i was like, 0k, what do i take in my room? ,, . , like, 0k, what do i take in my room? ,, .,, ., ~ like, 0k, what do i take in my room? ,, ., ~ ., room? she was working and livin: at room? she was working and living at a ro