On January 5, 2024, Alaska Airlines flight 1282 was climbing out of Portland for Ontario, California when its Boeing 737 MAX 9 lost a door plug at nearly 15,000 feet . Cynthia Tisher’s son was seated beside the opening. His seat pitched toward the hole and his shirt was sucked off his body . She clutched him, afraid he’d be pulled out, too.

15-year-old Alaska Airlines passenger who was seated closest to the door plug that flew off mid-flight, sucking the shirt right off his back, fled to a different aisle and took a selfie. https://t.co/24khYw4goV

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Other passengers helped Tisher and her son move away from the opening. Oxygen masks dropped. Insulation and paneling were coming loose. The pilots brought the plane safely back to Portland.

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