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CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip

the one right next to where the fuselage was damaged. and i happened to represent a woman who, the family of a woman who was pulled out of a southwest jet. so if someone was seated there, most likely that person would be deceased right now. so it's very, very fortunate. this is a miracle that nobody was killed, nobody was seriously injured. if this had happened at altitude, meaning that people would have been up and about the cabin, the flight crew might be serving meals, you know, there were babies on board, mothers or fathers could be walking their babies up and down the aisle when this happened, so thank god it happened when it did. >> yeah, and we heard there was a boy who had his shirt pulled off. i mean, that kind of force, it suggests it could've easily been a person themselves. >> this is near the back of the airplane. in the front of an airplane, the cockpit door, the armored cockpit door was pulled open. and the flight crew, like, one of the flight crew wondered, in

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Laura Coates Live

aircraft began at left turn from 121 degrees. the altitude was approximately 10,120 feet. at 1717, the aircraft descended below 10,000 feet. at 1718 and five seconds, the aircraft altitude was approximately 9050 feet. and the airspeed was 271 knots. the cabin altitude, greater than 10,000 feet warning, deactivated. the cabin pressure was ten point 48 psi. at 1726, and 46 seconds the aircraft landed on runway to eight left at portland international airport. now, the survival factors team interviewed the remaining two flight attendants, one from the

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Laura Coates Live

9.08 psi at approximately 14,850 feet, and 271 knots. the master caution deactivated a 1713 and 41 seconds, the aircraft continued to climb and reached a maximum altitude of 16,000, 320 feet and began to descend. the air speed was 276. not at -- a change from 20,000 feet to 10,000 feet. at 1714, and 35 seconds, the master caution activated for three seconds. at 1716, and 56 seconds, the

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Laura Coates Live

what they saw during that event. the oxygen did deploy, it was, in, fact functioning. , and we are learning more about this redundant system. and i want to turn to our panel right now to walk through a lot of this very important information. cnn analyst and former secretary general for the department of -- mary schiavo, also denys teenager, he's the spokesperson for allied pilots. as flying for american airlines, for 30 years. also, here is miles o'brien, cnn's aerospace analyst. thank you all for being here. we are learning a lot about what they just walk through. and, beginning with you here, mary. the ntsb chair walking through the play-by-play of how o'donnell folded. going through the actual flight data reporter. talking about the both cabin pressure, and the not speed. the altitude. the master caution warnings. all that they talked about. what stood up to you? >> well i think what stood out to me is the consistency of the flight, there was 271, not for

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Laura Coates Live

about 310 miles an hour. i got to approximately 1500 feet, one something started happening. you know, that altitude is very significant. because they are every regulated -- -- the plane is supposed to be able to correct that altitude. -- but since the pilots, and everyone else on board to drive they will simply just continue to interview them for the additional information that would've been on the cut, for the voice recorder had not been recorded over. >> mary at that point were you thinking that you've learned something, additional other than an in-person or otherwise interview? what with that cockpit reporter had been able to suggest, or

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CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip

who would have been seated in these seats right here. what's on earth would this have been like for them if those seats were not -- >> unfortunately, there is prior incidents where people were seated in this particular seat the one right next to where the fuselage was damaged. i happen to represent a woman who was, the family of a woman who is pulled out of a southwest jet. someone were seated there, most likely that person will be deceased right now. so, very fortunate. this is a miracle. that nobody was killed and nobody was seriously injured. if this had happened at altitude, meaning that people would be up and about the cabin, the flight crew might be serving meals, there were babies on board, mothers and fathers could be walking their babies up and down the aisle when this happened. so, thank god it happened when it. did >> we heard there was a boy who had his shirt pulled off. that's kind of force suggests

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Laura Coates Live

because there's faa regulations that say at that altitude, that's the altitude that people can survive. the plane is supposed to be able to correct to that altitude. that was significant. it would have been good, and we understand that there was a problem, the circuit breakers were pulled. it would be good to have the cockpit voice recorder to go with them. >> were you thinking that you would learn something additional other than in-person orrize interview? what would that cockpit recorder tell you or suggest that you couldn't have in an interview setting? >> sometimes there's additional sounds captured on the cockpit voice recorder that the flight crew doesn't recall.

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Laura Coates Live

i want to turn to our panel. cnn director general for the department of temperatures, marian sciala. and miles o'brien, cnn's space analyst. we are learning about what they walked through. beginning with you, mary. the ntsb chair walk through the play-by-play, how it unfolded. going through the flight data recorder. talking about the pressure and the altitude. what stood out to you? what stood it to me was the consistently of the flight. it was 271 knots, it got to 1,500 feet when something started to happen. that altitude is significant

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Laura Coates Live

deactivated. at 17:13.41, the aircraft continued to climb and reached a maximum altitude of 16,320 feet and began to descend. the air speed was 267 knots. at 17:13.56, the colselected altitude changed from 23,000 feet to 10,000 feet. at 17:14.35, the master caution activated for three seconds. at 17:16.56, the aircraft began a left turn from 121 degrees. the altitude was approximately 10,120 feet.

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BBC News

in the side of the fuselage where a panel is in place, supposed to be in place in order to fend off emergency exits on those planes that are carrying fewer passengers than the plain is able to carry. were that to have happened, at a higher altitude, actualfact a higher altitude, actual fact it a higher altitude, actualfact it occurred minutes after the plane had left portland, experts are saying that the outcome could have been catastrophic with people as well as possessions being sucked out the hole in the fuselage. sucked out the hole in the fuselage-— fuselage. and that is a horrific— fuselage. and that is a horrific fort, _ fuselage. and that is a | horrific fort, something fuselage. and that is a - horrific fort, something like a hollywood movie. but the federal aviation administration is looking into this so these planes are grounded for now, aren't they?— planes are grounded for now, aren't they? they are indeed. 171 of the _ aren't they? they are indeed. 171 of the max _ aren't they? they are indeed. 171 of the max nine _ aren't they? they are indeed. 171 of the max nine -- - aren't they? they are indeed. 171 of the max nine -- max i aren't they? they are indeed. i 171 of the max nine -- max nine 171 of the max nine —— max nine have been grounded and they look like they will be

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