“There’s a f*cking hole in the side of the plane!”: Boeing 737 MAX 9 passengers tell what happened when door panel failed in mid-flight

Passengers on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 that lost part of its side during a flight from Oregon to California on Friday have spoken about what exactly happened at the moment of the incident and in the nail-biting minutes afterward. The plane with 171 passengers and 6 crew members on board had just taken off and was already at an altitude of 4,877 meters when a popping sound suddenly sounded. And then a loud bang.

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