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>> hello. and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm michael holmes. a terrifying incident leaves many boeing 737 max 9s temporarily grounded and 177 passengers and crew feeling lucky to be alive. we're actually now waiting for a news briefing from the u.s. national transportation safety board. that's set to begin at any minute, and we will bring it to you live. they'll be discussing what happened on alaska airlines flight 1282 on friday. officials and witnesses say a part of the fuselage called a plug blew off during the plane's ascent leaving a gaping...

189 passengers. and given the 189-passenger threshold, alaska would not have to have emergency exit doors at that location in the aircraft. alaska actually only has on this plane 178 seats. for higher density configuration emergency exit door would have to be on that air frame for anything certified at 200 passengers -- i'm sorry, 215 passengers or 220 passengers. but this door mid-cabin door plug, there's one on the left, there's one on the right. they are not operational. what you would see in the cabin if you are a passenger is a window and just part of the