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Meantime, southwest airlines telling fox news that it has grounded about 79 of its boeing 737s for inspection which translates into roughly 300 cancellations of southwest flights around the cuptry. now, this all happened friday night about 35 minutes into the flight when a southwest jet airliner departed phoenix sky harbor international airport and was heading to sacramento when passengers say they heard a loud noise and then a giant hole appeared in the fuselage. passengers say that the whole spanned several rows, if you can believe that. many on board snapping pictures with their cell phones...

Portion of the roof opened, oxygen masks dropped from the overhead compartment. faa says the pilot made a rapid and controlled descent from 36,000 feet to 11,000 feet. many were testing and calling their loved ones because they feared the plane was going down. >> you don't know what is going on. you hear the horrible noise. come on, it can't be happening. it's a movie. something was definitely wrong and you can tell the urgency in the staff. >> reporter: now flight 812 made an acknowledged go at yuma international airport last night. 118 passengers and five crew members were on board. though t...

Oxygen masked dropped from the overhead compartment. the faa said the pilots made a rapid yet controlled decent from 36,000 feet to 11,000 feet . passengers say many were texting and calling their loved ones because they feared this plane was going down. >> we don't quite get what is going on. you hear a noise and it be happening it is a movie. but you could tell manage was wrong and you could tell the urgeency in the staff and trying to keep everybody calm. >> flight 812 made a safe landing in a military base in uma, arizona. 7:where are7 eastern time last night. there were 118 passengers and...

Chord, hit with a bag from an overhead compartment, mistreated by a rude passenger, he snapped, deploying the plane's emergency chute at the gate. but, now some passengers are telling a different story. that slater himself was off beat and angry even before takeoff in pittsburgh. >> it was obvious that he was disgruntled and that he was taking it out on individuals. >> reporter: lauren was onboard in seat 2a. >> his behavior throughout the whole flight was a little bit erratic. he was walking up and down the aisles, slamming the overhead bins. he was slamming the refrigerator door and the ice ...

And the flight attendant at the center of this, steven slater was the problem. >> no way. >> as jeff rossen reports, they say slater was rude and angry the entire flight. >> reporter: even as passengers poked holes in his story thursday, steven slater stayed home and stayed humble. >> thank you all so much. it's been amazing the support and the love and the -- everything that has been brought to me and given to me, my xunt community, my friends. >> his story struck a cord hit from a bag from an overhead compartment and mistreated by a rude passenger and he snapped deploying the plane's emergen...