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Boeing jets -- they are not all grounded, right, it only effects the planes that have these deactivated doors or so-called replacement plugs, is that correct? >> that's exactly right. it affects about 171 planes and these are only the planes who had this door plug installed because they did not need this extra door because of their seating configuration, did not reach 205 to 210 people. >> okay. so let's talk about the ntsb investigation, something that you would be very familiar with. what exactly will they be looking at? of course, i mean, it was pretty, i guess -- i don't know if it's unusu...

Of the plane's fuselage. a door can be installed at the boeing factory. it depends on the seating configuration ordered by the airline. this airplane did not have a door. instead, there was a door plug there that you would see from the outside, you wouldn't really know it from the inside. this plane in question rolled off the factory floor only a few months ago, october 15th was the first flight. about 150 flights for alaska airlines since then. this has thrust boeing under the microscope once again, the latest in a litany of issues with the 737 max family. killed 346 people in two crashes abr...

10,000. >> you can hear the pilots with their muffled voices. likely they had oxygen masks on too. the side of the airplane's fuselage is where this occurred. there is a door that can be installed at the boeing factory. it depends on the seating configuration ordered by the airline. this airplane, in particular, did not have it. instead, it is a plug that you can see on the outside of the plane there. this plane in particular rolled off the factory floor only ten weeks ago. first flight, october 15th. 150 flights for alaska airlines since then. boeing now under the microscope once again after ...

>> when able, give me the nature of the emergency and your intention. >> we need to come down to 10,000. >> reporter: the part that failed, that will now be inspected, is on the left side of the plane's fuselage. a door can be installed at the boeing factory. it depends on the seating configuration ordered by the airline. this airplane did not have a door there. instead, there was a door plug there that you would see from the outside. you wouldn't really know it from the inside. this plane in question rolled off the factory floor only a few months ago, october 15th was the first flight. about ...

Feet, long 9.2 feet, wide and eight feet high. it only has the capacity for five people, one, pilot and for members of the crew. there are not any seats inside, it is the size and shape of a cylinder, so passengers sit on the floor with their backs arched against the sides. you are looking there at a typical seating configuration for the people inside, and this here is a photo of the actual inside of the sub posted on ocean gate site. so, you can get a sense, a visual of how much room, or lack thereof there is on board. now it is impossible to know what the experience of these passengers might...