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Investigators from the national transportation safety board tried to figure out what happened. >> it's very important to find out what happened in this event. we don't want this to happen again and airplane structures should not fail and respect rupture, as it did yesterday in arizona. >> reporter: passengers say the hole opened up shortly after takeoff. >> it sounded luke a big explosion at least. all of a sudden there was a big sunroof in the middle of the plane, a big hole. you could say daylight running through it. >> all of a sudden the oxygen masks dropped and everyone was trying to get ...

Out what happened in this event. we don't want this to happen again. and airplane structures should not fail and rupture as it did yesterday here over the skies of arizona. >> southwest airlines says it could take several days to check out the 79 planes they pulled out of service. we do have a potential for some severe weather across the country tonight. and also into the beginning of this week. you need to hear this. chad myers coming up with it. five minutes past the hour.

Investigators from the national transportation safety board tried to figure out what happened. >> it's very important to find out what happened in this event. we don't want this to happen again and airplane structures should not fail and respect rupture, as it did yesterday in arizona. >> reporter: passengers say the hole opened up shortly after takeoff. >> it sounded luke a big explosion at least. all of a sudden there was a big sunroof in the middle of the plane, a big hole. you could say daylight running through it. >> all of a sudden the oxygen masks dropped and everyone was trying to get ...

Mishap over arizona. the boeing 737 was at 36,000 feet when a four-foot hole suddenly opened in the fuselage. part of southwest's fleet is now grounded. >> reporter: the plane is sitting in yuma, arizona, as investigators from the national trappings safety board try to figure out what happened. >> it's very important to find out whact happened in this even. we don't want this to happen again and airplane structures should not rupture as it did yesterday. >> reporter: passengers say the hole opened up shortly after takeoff. >> it sounded luke a big explosion. all of a sudden there was a big hol...

An act of extreme intolerance and bigotry, but to act and kill innocent people is an affront to human decency and dignity. back to a story we were telling you all about yesterday. southwest airlines canceling a few hundred flights. they pulled half of their 737s from service after one of the planes developed a hole in the cabin on friday. ted rowlands reports this is not the first time southwest had this problem. >> reporter: the plane is sitting in yuma arizona, as investigators from the national transportation safety board try to figure out what happened. >> it's very important to try and ...