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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Terry Spencer

Emergency at 3 miles high: Alaska Airlines pilots, passengers kept calm after fuselage blowout

National Transportation Safety Board,

The emergency began with a bang three miles above Oregon.

The first six minutes of Friday's Alaska Airlines flight 1282 from Portland to Southern California's Ontario International Airport had been routine, the Boeing 737 Max 9 about halfway to its cruising altitude and traveling at more than 400 mph.

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