‘I woke up from my nap thinking it was turbulence’, says plane passenger in the USA who had to make an emergency landing after the door opened

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Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 had to make an emergency landing at Portland Airport, in the United States. No one was injured in the incident, which will be investigated by aviation authorities. ‘I woke up from my nap thinking it was turbulence’, says plane passenger in the USA Passengers on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which had to make an emergency landing after a plane door opened mid-flight, posted photos and videos on social media during the incident. You can see the door open and people commenting. (see video above) “I woke up from my nap thinking it was turbulence. Turns out the wall of the plane flew away while [o avião] was on the air,” Vi Nguyen posted on Tiktok. ✅ Click here to follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp There was a seat next to the door that opened, but no one was sitting in it. According to Alaska Airlines, there were 171 passengers and six crew members on board and no one was injured. The incident happened minutes after takeoff, on Friday afternoon (5). The plane, a Boeing 737-900 MAX, had taken off towards Ontario, California, at 5:06 pm (10:06 pm in Brasília). The landing took place at 5:26 pm (10:26 pm in Brasília) at Portland airport, in Oregon (USA), according to information from the flight monitoring website FlightRadar24. The plane quickly depressurized, and the oxygen masks dropped to help passengers to breathe. Upon noticing the depressurization, the crew performed an emergency descent and the aircraft returned safely to Portland airport. The airline announced this Saturday (6) that it will temporarily remove all of its 65 planes from the same operating model for carrying out inspections. Plane made emergency landing after door opened during flight, in the USA, on January 6, 2024 Social media According to data from FlightRadar24, the Boeing 737-900 Max was still climbing, at 4,975 meters altitude when it had to return — well below the cruising altitude of around 11 thousand meters. The door that opened was not used as an emergency exit by Alaska Airlines, according to the website FlightRadar24. As it was not in use, it was not marked as a door, which explains why some passengers reported that part of the plane’s fuselage or wall opened in the air. Door opens in flight, and plane makes emergency landing in the USA “This extra door exists on every 737-9 Max to meet passenger evacuation requirements on airlines that adopt the maximum seating configuration on this aircraft model –193, according to Boeing. Alaska Airlines’ Boeing 737-900 Max use the minimum configuration of 178 passengers”, informs the company on its website. Alaska Air said Flight 1282 had an “incident shortly after takeoff” and was investigating what happened. “The aircraft landed safely back in Portland (…) The safety of our passengers and employees is always our priority, so although this type of occurrence is rare, our flight crew was trained and prepared to manage the situation safely. We are investigating what happened”, says an excerpt from the note. Trajectory of the Alaska Airlines plane that returned to Portland after the door opened Reproduction/FlightRadar24 The US Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) reported that the crew reported a pressurization problem and that it will investigate the incident together with the National Transportation Safety Board ( NTSB). Maker of the Boeing 737-900 Max, Boeing said it will support US authorities’ investigation and is “working to gather more information.”

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