Faulty Boeing in Alaska Airlines

On Friday the 7th, passengers of the Alaska Airlines flight 1282 experienced the worst flight of their lives. While the plane was ascending into the sky the side of a Boeing 737 Max 9 burst. The Boeing burst due to an inability to withstand the current pressure when elevating. Lucky for all passengers inside no one perished, but many of them were injured. They were around twenty minutes into the flight when the burst occurred. They had reached around 16,000 in elevation before the burst occurred. This means the air pressure was about 90% less.

The person closest to the hole was a 15 year old boy, although he was not seated directly beside the blowout. As soon as the side burst the boy’s chair lost the headrest and started to move towards the hole. The mother saw this and her motherly instincts stepped in. She grabbed onto her son and interlocked their arms. Through the whole disaster she never let go and protected her son the entire time. A woman beside them aided them by placing oxygen masks on both the son and the heroic mother.

*Lindsey Wasson / The Associated Press* – Door plug awaiting inspection on Alaskan Airlines’ Boeing 737 Max

Every member of the flight was extremely lucky with the fact that they only reached the altitude that they did. If this happened when they were at cruising altitude they would have most likely all flown out and perished. Although they did go through a horrible event, we -as well as all of them- are very happy that no one was left with irreversible damage. The important thing now is to look at Boeing and how they react to their newest plane malfunction.