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Alaska Airlines plane makes emergency landing after window blows out mid-air – video

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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 had to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Portland, Oregon, on Friday after a window and a chunk of fuselage blew out in mid-air shortly after takeoff. Footage circulating online shows a gaping hole in the side of the plane next to passenger seats. The airline said the plane, carrying 174 passengers and six crew members, landed safely

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