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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vishwam Sankaran and Simon Calder

Alaska Airlines grounds all Boeing 737 Max aircraft after plane blowout

Kyle Rinker via X/via REUTERS

Alaska Airlines has grounded dozens of Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets for safety checks after a mid-air cabin panel blowout forced an aeroplane full of passengers to make an emergency landing.

Flight 1282 to Ontario, California experienced major depressurisation during the terrifying incident at 16,000ft on Friday evening. Posts uploaded to social media show a window and a portion of the side of the plane missing and oxygen masks deployed.

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