Door panel blows out of Alaska Airlines jet at 16,000 feet; NTSB launches probe

An emergency door panel blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight on Friday night, depressurizing the cabin and forcing the jet to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon. One mother had to hold to her child to keep him from falling out of the plane, and several passengers’ mobile phones flew out of the gaping hole in the side of the cabin, said a .

KGW8, showed that an entire emergency door appeared to be gone from the left side of the plane. KGW said a child’s shirt was blown out of the plane, but that no one was seriously hurt. A showed that the jet’s emergency oxygen masks were deployed. It also showed a flight attendant walking along the aisle speaking to passengers.

The . Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was headed from Portland to Ontario, Calif. when the panel blew out. The plane was at an altitude of 16,000 feet when it headed back to Portland, according to . The plane left the gate at 4:52 p.m. Pacific time, and returned to the airport at 5:27 p.m., about 35 minutes later, the FlightAware data shows.

The plane was a Boeing 737 Max, FlightAware said..