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Just in to our national lead, united airlines says that they have now found loose door plug bolts on multiple boeing 737 max-9 planes and that is, of course, the same aircraft involved in the terrifying alaska airlines incident on friday evening when a chunk of the plane blew off mid-flight leaving a refrigerator sized hole on the side of the plane. let's get to cnn's pete muntean. tell us how serious this latest report is and i called it a door, but it's supposed to be calleded a door plug. explain what that is. >> it's a door that you can see from the outside. normal wall, window and seats f...

Incredibly, no one was sitting there. even the cockpit door flying open. passenger elizabeth lay saying a boy's shirt was ripped off and sent flying out of the plane. >> the son's shirt was, like, completely blown off and his body was truly red. i'm assuming due to irritation. >> did you declare an emergency, or do you just need to return? >> yes, we are emergency. we are depressurized. we do need to return back. >> reporter: with those planes now grounded, the faa sending airlines instructions for mandatory inspection of their max-9 fleet. and just today, and just today, united airlines, whic...

20 minutes after takeoff it made an emergency landing in oregon. luckily no—one was 0regon. luckily no—one was injured. oregon. luckily no-one was in'ured. ~ . , oregon. luckily no-one was in'ured. ~ ., , ., ., injured. we are very fortunate here this did _ injured. we are very fortunate here this did not _ injured. we are very fortunate here this did not end - injured. we are very fortunate here this did not end up - injured. we are very fortunate here this did not end up in - here this did not end up in something more tragic. no—one was seated in 26 a and b, where that door plug is.—...

That's where that door plug was before it flew off. now they're going to look at the door frame, bolts, and fittings. and it turns out there were concerns on this specific plane in the past month before this accident. the ntsb telling us pilots on the same relatively new plane noticed warning lights for the cabin's pressurization at least three times. the airline putting it back into service, but with restrictions that it couldn't fly over open water. does that concern you at all? >> everything concerns us right now. 1 everything is part of this investigation. >> reporter: that door plug found...

We are the global gold standard for safety around the world. but we have to maintain that standard. we are very, very fortunate here that this didn't end up in something more tragic. no one was seated in 26a and b where the door plug is. the aircraft was around 16,000 feet and only 10 minutes out from the airport when the door blew. fortunately, they were not at cruise altitude of 30,000 or 35,000 feet. think about what happens when you're in cruise. everybody's up and walking. folks don't have seat belts on. they're going to rest rooms. the flight attendants are