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PORTLAND, Ore. — The emergency began with a bang three miles above Oregon.
Air was violently sucked from the cabin with a force so strong that it twisted the metal bracing holding down the seats next to the hole. By fate, those seats were unoccupied. Federal officials said the pilots and flight attendants did a heroic job of landing the plane with no one suffering a serious injury.
The pilots focused on getting the plane quickly back to Portland and the flight attendants on keeping the passengers safe, and as calm as possible.
Section of Boeing 737 Max 9′s fuselage blows out, creating vacuum that sucked shirt off teenage passenger