USA: hublot envolé, Alaska Airlines cloue Boeing 737-9 au sol.

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La compagnie aérienne américaine Alaska Airlines a immobilisé ses Boeing 737-9 après qu'un hublot se soit détaché en plein vol, entraînant un atterrissage d'urgence vendredi soir aux États-Unis avec 177 personnes à bord. - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 The American airline Alaska Airlines has immobilized its Boeing 737-9 after a

00:05 hublot was detached in mid-flight, causing an emergency landing on Friday night in the

00:09 United States with 177 people on board.

00:11 "After the event that occurred on flight 1282, we decided to take temporary measures

00:17 to keep our fleet of 65 Boeing 737-9 aircraft on the ground, "announced Alaska Airlines

00:24 boss Ben Minikuxi in a statement.

00:27 "Each aircraft will be put back in service only after complete maintenance and security

00:32 inspection, "he added, assuming it would take a few days.

00:36 The Federal Aviation Agency (FA) explained on the social network X (ex-Twitter) that

00:43 flight 1282 took off from Portland International Airport in Oregon, NW, Friday around 5 p.m.

00:49 local time, i.e. 1 p.m. GMT on Saturday, before returning to land safely after the

00:53 signaling by the crew of the "pressurization problem".

00:57 Images broadcast on social networks showed the hublot blowing, with oxygen masks

01:02 hanging from the ceiling of the aircraft.

01:04 A passenger on the flight, Kyle Rinker, explained to CNN American television that the hublot

01:09 had jumped just after takeoff.

01:11 "Brutal.

01:12 It was really brutal.

01:15 Barely at altitude, the hublot facade just detached and I didn't realize it until

01:20 the oxygen masks came down," he said.

01:24 Another passenger, Sze Seng Yuen, told The New York Times that she had been awakened

01:30 by a loud noise during the flight.

01:32 "I opened my eyes and the first thing I saw was the oxygen mask right in front of me,"

01:36 she explained, "and I looked to the left and the side panel was gone.

01:40 The first thing that came to mind was 'I'm going to die more' ", she added.

01:46 The National Transport Safety Bureau, the FAA and Alaska Airlines each assured that

01:51 they were investigating the incident.

01:53 The aircraft landed safely at Portland International Airport with 171 passengers

01:59 and six crew members, according to a statement from the airline.

02:03 "Even if this type of incident is rare, our on-board staff was trained and prepared

02:08 to handle this situation safely," the statement added.

02:12 According to the FlightAware specialized website, the Boeing 737 MAX 9 took off at exactly

02:18 17.07 local time, heading for Ontario in California before returning to the airport

02:22 about 20 minutes later.

02:24 The aircraft was certified in October, according to the FAA online register.

02:30 The aircraft's manufacturer, the American avionics company Boeing, wrote on X that it

02:35 was gathering more information and that a technical team was at the disposal of the

02:39 investigators.

02:40 Mr Minikuxi said in his statement that Alaska Airlines is working with Boeing and the regulatory

02:45 authorities to understand what happened.

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