The Independent
  • 3 months ago
An Alaska Airlines pilot recalled the moment a door plug blew off their aircraft.Source: ABC News / CBS News
Transcript
00:00The first indication was it was an explosion in my ears and then a whoosh of air.
00:09My body was forced forward and there was a loud bang and I opened the flight deck door
00:16and I saw calm, quiet, hundreds of eyes staring right back at me and I looked at my flight
00:26attendants and I said, are you okay? And in that response I heard whole, four, five empty seats
00:39and injuries and I remember it not taking very long for us to confirm we had 177 souls on board.
00:47I was so thankful. I was in shock. I had disbelief.
00:56Everybody was there.

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