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Plane, that one in july of 2009 when a hole about the size of a football broke open, depressurized the cabin. that forced an emergency landing in west virginia. the most famous example of metal fatigue was in 1988 when a large section of an aloha fuselage tore open. a flight attendant was sucked out and died as a result. 60 passengers were injured t. we know that the model of the plane, a 737-300 is the oldest in southwest's fleet. they are purchasing new planes and phasing it out. but one-third of the planes are that model. >> peter alexander, thank you for that. earlier this morning i spoke ...