BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 22:32:00
They would be forced by regulators to activate another emergency exit to comply with regulations. so it's a sidewall panel that houses an emergency exit that alaska airlines does not use because it doesn't have a high—density cabin. so from the outside, it looks like a door, but from the inside, its just a normal sidewall panel. it's that panel that at 16,000 feet ultimately triggered, or was part of, a decompression where it had blown out. and that separation of the panel leaving the aircraft, of course, triggers a decompression scenario that crew have to jump into place and into action to ...