The Alaska Airlines pilot who guided 171 passengers and four flight attendants to safety when a door panel blew out of the aircraft wasn’t aware of the mid-flight emergency — but knew something was “catastrophically wrong.”
First Officer Emily Wiprud feared passengers were sucked out of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 when she turned around and saw empty seats as she and her captain made an emergency landing at Portland International Airport in January.
“The first indication was an explosion in my ears and then a whoosh of air,” Wiprud told CBS News. “My body was forced forward and there was a loud bang as well. … The flight deck door was open. I saw tubes hanging from the cabin.”
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