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United Airlines emergency landing in Tampa due to door indicator light. Aviation expert explains the seriousness. Flight details and passenger updates
Intense emotions for sure. >> reporter: the door plug that failed is held in place by bolts and pins, used to seal an extra emergency exit if airlines don't need it. the ntsb says on three previous flights pressurization warning lights lit up in the same plane. yet alaska only restricted the plane from flying over water to hawaii until technicians could evaluate the problem. it's early, but should alaska have grounded the plane back then? >> certainly it should have been a warning sign to them. just from safety overall. but i think in this case what alaska will say is that they took measures t...
Federal investigators announced the discovery of the missing Alaska Airlines plane piece that blew off over Portland last week and shared several preliminary updates and findings.
>> and according to alaska airlines in the days before the incident, pilots had filed several reports of warning lights indicating a loss of cabin pressure. what more are you learning about that or what does it tell you and should the plane have been grounded at that juncture? >> yes. i have heard the reports of depressurization issues. which would certainly indicate a problem. a leak of some kind, something is not quite right. but mind you, all those doors on the 737 and on every aircraft have warning lights to say whether they are closed or not. and that it could never take off with a door t...
Boeing 737 max nine which you recall was involved in a dramatic metre blow out. air accident investigators in the united states say alaska airlines had already placed restrictions on a boeing 737 max nine which was involved in a dramatic mid—air blow out 7? after pilots on three previous flights reported warning lights. the aircraft had been prevented from making long—haul flights over water. its panel door — you can see it's missing here, it blew out mid—flight on friday over the us state of 0regon — has been found in a house back yard. this video taken by a passenger on board the f...