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Passengers say it sounded like an explosion and sent the plane into a nosedive. >> i was texting my sister to make certain that she told my kids that i loved them. >> it was in back of me to the left. and i did hear it. it sounded like a shot and a lot of air decompressing. it was quick and it was scary. >> since then the airline has found cracks in three more planes. so how did those cracks go unnoticed? last hour i spoke with mary schiavo, a former inspector general of the u.s. department of t...

A flight attendant was slightly injured. the plane bound for sacramento made an emergency landing in yuma, arizona. >> it sounded like an explosion at least. all of a sudden theres a big sunroof in the middle of the plane. big old hole. you can see daylight coming through it. >> all of a sudden the oxygen masks dropped. everyone was just trying to get the maskses on. it was scary. >> it sounded like a shot and a lot of air decompressing and it was quick and it was scary. >> since then, southwest...

Right now, terrifying moments for the passengers and crew on a southwest airlines flight. a three to four-foot hole opened in the boeing 737s roof after takeoff from phoenix. the pilot was able to make an emergency landing at a military base in yuma, arizona. when the hole opened, some of the passengers panicked. >> i was texting my sister to make certain that she told my kids that i love them. >> in back of me to the left. and i did hear it. it sounded like a shot and a lot of air decompressing...

Landing in yuma, arizona, yesterday. this was a southwest airlines flight headed to sacramento. take a look at what were talking about. these are some of the pictures from inside. there was about a 4-foot long gash in that plane. there it is. thats the best picture we have of it there. this caused the plane, the cabin to de-pressurized. you can see the masks start falling down. the ntsb investigating, trying to figure out what happened here. >> i was texting my sister to make certain she told my...

However, you can imagine how terrifying it must have been for the folk s on board the plane. >> i was texting my sister to make sure she told my kids i loved them. >> it was in back of me to the left. i did hear it. it sounded like a shot and a lot of air decompressing. it was quick and scary. >> reporter: now, southwest has dealt with this before. a football-sized hole basically opened up on a flight back in 2009 in charleston, west virginia. the cause of that, it turned out, was metal fatigue....

Four minutes. some passed out. >> you can feel it and hear it. everybody hears popping and oxygen masks falling. in the unlikely event they fall. they fell. >> i was sleeping on the plane and a big pop like an exexplosi. >> it sounded like a shot and a lot of air decompressing. it was quick and scary. >> approximate are shawna was a passenger on board that southwest airlines flight. good morning to you. when did you know something had gone wrong? >> caller: when i heart the explosion and felt th...

There were terrifying moments for passenger aboard a southwest plane. the pilot of the sacramento bound flight quickly dove 25,000 feet in minutes as people struggled with their oxygen masks and some even passed out. >> really, you can hear it and everyones ears popping and oxygen masks falling, you know, the unlikely event that they fall, they fell. >> i was sleeping on the plane and all of a sudden a big pop like a pop can explosion. >> it sounded like a shot and a lot of air decompressing and...

Passengers aboard a southwest flight on friday heard what sounded like an explosion, a 6-foot hole that tore open in the hull. the pilot quickly dove 25,000 pooep feet in four minutes as people were struggling with their oxygen masks and some even passed out. >> feel it, you could hear it and everybodys ears popping and oxygen masks falling, the unlikely event that they fall, youre supposed to pull them. they fell. >> all of a sudden, a big pop like a pop can explosion. >> it sounded like a shot...

Passengers heard what sounded like an explosion. a six-foot hole had torn open. they quickly dove as people struggled for oxygen masks. some even passed out. >> you could feel it, hear it, and everybodys ears popping and oxygen mask falling. they fell. >> i was sleeping on the plane and all after sudden a big pop. >> it sounded like a shot and a lot of air decompressing. it was quick and it was scary. >> nbcs tom costello is following this story for us from washington, d.c. with a good morning t...

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