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James Doubek

There's usually no need to panic when planes make emergency landings. Here's why

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 taxis at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on March 25 in Seattle. Planes sometimes make emergency landings, but it's rare that anyone is seriously hurt. (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)

After a door plug blew out from an Alaska Airlines flight in January, igniting a scandal about safety practices at Boeing, some people have been nervous to fly.

It hasn't helped that news articles have spotlighted various emergency landings in the months since the incident.

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