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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaAlaskan Airlines flight 1282: FBI probes mid-air blowout on January flightPublished3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingThis video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, ‘Trip from hell’: Inside plane as part falls off mid-flightBy Nadine YousifBBC NewsThe FBI is investigating a January Alaska Airlines flight, where a door plug on the aircraft, a Boeing 737 Max 9, blew out mid-air. A criminal probe was confirmed by the FBI in a letter sent to those aboard the plane, identifying them as “victims”. None of the 177 passengers and crew were killed, but some were injured.A group has since sued Alaska Airlines for “serious emotional distress, fear and anxiety”. The FBI letters, sent to passengers on 19 March by a victim specialist within the FBI’s Seattle Division, said that the criminal investigation may be “lengthy”.They added that updates on the probe’s progress could not be shared at this time.The letters confirm early media reports that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had launched a criminal investigation into the Boeing jetliner blowout, which occurred on a 5 January flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California.Sources familiar with the investigation told the BBC’s US news partner CBS in early March that the probe will look into whether Boeing violated an agreement it entered with the Justice Department in 2021, following two crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft. More than 300 people died in the two crashes of Boeing’s Max planes in 2018 and 2019.Boeing has not commented on the ongoing criminal probe.In a statement shared with media after news of the DOJ investigation emerged, Alaska Airlines said a federal probe is normal “in an event like this”.”We are fully cooperating and do not believe we are a target of the investigation,” said the airline.The Alaska Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing in Portland after an outer section of the plane fell off shortly after take-off. The loss of that section caused an uncontrolled decompression inside the aircraft, where passengers say they had to “hold on for dear life”. One passenger, Cuong Tran, told the BBC that his seat belt saved him as his phone, socks and shoes were ripped off 16,000ft above ground. Mr Tran, who was sitting next to his friend one row behind the section which blew out, said he suffered injuries including a laceration to his leg. Image source, NTSBImage caption, Agents from the National Transportation Safety Board have recovered the plane’s door plugImages shared online – and later by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) – showed a wide hole in the side of the Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft, with oxygen masks dangling from the ceiling.The missing section of the plane was later found in the back garden of a Portland school teacher’s home. In a preliminary investigation US regulators found four critical bolts – meant to hold the so-called door plug in place – were missing from the flight.Shortly after the incident, officials from the NTSB said that Boeing had also placed restrictions on the plane involved in the incident days before it took off. The jet had been prevented from making long-haul flights over water, said NTSB chief Jennifer Homendy, after pilots reported pressurisation warning lights on three previous flights made on that specific plane.The decision to restrict lengthy flights over water was so that the plane “could return very quickly to an airport” in the event the warnings happened again, she said. Related TopicsAviation accidents and incidentsBoeingFBIAviation safetyUnited StatesMore on this story’I sat inches away from US plane’s mid-air blowout’Published4 days agoUS plane had warnings days before mid-air blowoutPublished8 JanuaryHow much trouble is Boeing in?Published5 days agoTop StoriesPrincess of Wales undergoing cancer treatmentPublished29 minutes agoLive. At least 40 dead in Moscow concert hall attack, Russian intelligence service saysPeople take cover as gunmen enter Moscow concert hall. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaAeromexico passenger opens plane door and walks on wingPublished16 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesA man has been arrested in Mexico after opening an aeroplane’s emergency door and walking on to the wing.The man took action after the Guatemala City-bound plane had been stuck for hours on the tarmac without air conditioning or water for passengers.Mexico International Airport said no harm had been caused, but that the passenger had been handed to police.Fellow passengers, however, have written a joint statement, saying the man had everyone’s support.The incident occurred last Thursday, at around 11:30 – about three hours after the Aeromexico flight had been scheduled to take-off from Mexico City.The delay was caused by a maintenance issue, an incident report said.It went on to explain that a change of plane had become necessary after the unidentified passenger’s unilateral move.It is not clear if the man remains in custody – or what charges he may face. Irate passengers, however, saw the incident in a different light.”All passengers on the flight from CDMX [Mexico City] to Guatemala [flight] AM 0672 state that the passenger on board who opened the emergency window was for the protection of everyone , with the support of everyone, since the delay and lack of air created dangerous conditions for the health of the passengers,” the handwritten note by fellow passengers reads.”He saved our lives,” they wrote – and added their names and signatures to the note distributed on social media.You may also want to read:US investigates why plane idled on tarmac in heatwaveUntrained passenger lands plane as pilot falls illRussian plane lands on frozen river by mistakeThis video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: An eyewitness filmed the moment the woman ran up to the plane’s cockpitRelated TopicsAviation accidents and incidentsMexico CityGuatemala CityMexicoAir travelMore on this storyWoman runs up to Qantas plane on tarmac. Video, 00:00:25Woman runs up to Qantas plane on tarmacPublished2 November 20230:25Russian plane lands on frozen river by mistakePublished28 December 2023Untrained passenger lands plane as pilot falls illPublished12 May 2022US investigates why plane idled on tarmac in heatwavePublished21 July 2023Top StoriesPost Office chair had to go as ‘it wasn’t working’ – BadenochPublished11 minutes agoProtesters throw soup at Mona Lisa paintingPublished19 minutes agoUN in aid plea after staff accused of Israel attackPublished4 hours agoFeaturesWho invented butter chicken? Creamy dish centre of court battleWhen Louis Vuitton tries to make you change your brand nameAuschwitz film was ‘like Big Brother’ in house next to campKuenssberg: What do voters think of party leaders? Not a lotThe Papers: ‘Rwandans get UK asylum’ and PM wants ‘Saga vote’Would it bother you if you only got mail three days a week?Net closes in on vigilante destroyer of Italy’s speed camerasMy dad saved my club, now we’re playing Man UtdOneFour: The rap group dividing AustraliaElsewhere on the BBCHow are jelly beans made?Gregg Wallace visits a factory in Dublin that makes over ten million of the sweets per day!AttributioniPlayerIs this the greatest Jurassic predator that ever lived?Sir David Attenborough investigates a unique discovery: the skull of a giant, prehistoric sea monsterAttributioniPlayer’I smashed all my trophies’Bradley Wiggins opens up about his mental health and imposter syndromeAttributioniPlayerA Royle Family reunion and the best of the North!Ricky Tomlinson and Ralf Little set off on an epic camper van adventure across Northern EnglandAttributioniPlayerMost Read1Protesters throw soup at Mona Lisa painting2World’s largest cruise ship sets sail from Miami3Who invented butter chicken? Creamy dish centre of court battle4Post Office chair had to go as ‘it wasn’t working’ – Badenoch5Dragons’ Den episode edited after ME complaints6BBC confronts man who abused boy in secretive Christian church7My dad saved my club, now we’re playing Man Utd8Off-peak Friday fares trial to start in London9Fire that billowed smoke over city investigated10’Rwandans get UK asylum’ and PM wants ‘Saga vote’](https://newsinsightplus.com/wp-content/uploads/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/BA2A/production/_132485674_gettyimages-1845980444-1.jpg)
