PERIÓDICOS ALIAZON: Alaska Airlines passengers describe “horrifying” flight

January 8, 2024

After a door-size section of the Alaska Airlines plane blew off, it felt like an explosion. Then the plane rattled, the oxygen masks dropped and the lights flickered.

A view from the interior of an airplane showing a large opening in its side. Emergency vehicles are visible on the tarmac outside.

Elizabeth Le

"The first thing I thought was, 'I'm going to die,'" one passenger said. →

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