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.
ttn-3