Weekly news commentary and features from the editors of the Wall Street Journal s editorial page.
Weekly news commentary and features from the editors of the Wall Street Journal s editorial page.
investigators will be trying to figure out the motive based on what they have seen so far. the fbi says they do not believe this was a terrorist threat and they do not believe there s any additional criminal activity associated with this. another major issue, authorities will surely look at is security access, the fact that could happen at all. all entities will do what they call a hot watch, they will review incident and look at all of the things happened and look for the holes and why employee had access to aircraft and try to determine where it was broken down and with that they ll be able to strengthen the system. former dhs officials spoken to fox news today say at this point mental health seems to be the primary issue when it comes to this situation. the challenge on this parti
The plane made an emergency landing in portland. no one was seriously hurt the federal transportation secretary investigators say it s fortunate no one was sitting in the row where the piece blew off they are not looking for that blown out panel. an aircraft door not needed by alaska airlines and made into a window for the plane is new, just a few months old. normally only see a rapid loss of cabin pressure we see this with the airplanes that have been around for 10, 15, 20 years that s usually the result of a fatigue from the takeoffs and the landings and the constant pressurization cycles on the airplane. so just speculating i would think there is probably something to do with those seals or something in quality control or something not seated right it is very strange this happened with the brand-new aircraft. the event complete coverage coming up next hour.
Air traffic control call. they needed to descend and get back down to breathable air and communicate with air traffic control. alaska [indiscernible] when able, give me the nature of the emergency and your intentions. declare an emergency. we do need to come down to 10,000. the faa s new emergency air worthiness directive requires an inspection of the part that failed within the next eight takeoffs and landings on these airplanes. this issue is on the left side of the fuselage, a door that can be installed at the factory is an option. it depends on the seating configura
Regarding a lost or anything log like that. just trying to figure it kind f how this works the order of culpability it seems like you said first of all boeing since this is a new airplane with fewer takeoffs and landings but you mentioned how the cabin was depressurized. how does that feel to passengers by the way? what to almost feel like poking a hole the bottle of the hairspray were everything is being released. all the air is being released rapidly. the oxygen masks come up very quickly when everything happened pretty much in the snap of a finger. all the air comes out of the airplane and that s what we saw here. there was an obsolete panic when the masks dropped out this is not just a window that blew out we are talking the whole door here or what should have been a door per this particular aircraft based on the number passengers on the airplane was not required to have an actual emergency exit that is live. what they do is modify that with
Other item, people would have died. we have had very similar situations here including planes that were engulfed in flames like this and in most cases some got off but some stop to collect baggage or put on their shoes. here passengers reported nobody did. reporter: the japanese coast guard plane was on the ground when the incoming passenger plane hit it in its attempt to land. a japanese airline safety official says preliminary reports indicate the pilots did not spot any aircraft on the runway before landing. they could have done a go-around. ridiculous how unorganized these things can be. reporter: coast guard plane was involved in relief efforts for victims of the earthquake in japan the day about before. it is not clear who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. but safety experts say these moments, takeoffs and landings, are also at most dangerous junctures of any flight. that is when you are in the