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What happened to Alaska Airlines’s Boeing 737 Max 9 whose door blew off?

An Alaska Airlines's Boeing 737 Max 9 plane sits at a gate at Seattle-Tacoma international airport on January 6, 2024 [Stephen Brashear/Getty Images]

A cabin panel flew off in midair during an Alaska Airlines flight, leaving a gaping hole in the plane’s fuselage and forcing an emergency landing.

The incident took place on Saturday. Social media images showed emergency oxygen masks hanging from the ceiling as passengers huddled in their seats in trepidation.

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