Alaska Airlines flight at a different altitude could have been ‘catastrophic’

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Alaska Airlines flight at a different altitude could have been ‘catastrophic’

Thu, 01/11/2024 - 14:01
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Several Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 passengers were hurt when a side of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 burst midflight last week — but injuries could have been much worse had circumstances been slightly different, according to local aviation medicine experts. The aircraft was about 20 minutes into the flight, headed to Southern California, and had climbed about 16,000 feet when a door plug blew out and…

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