‘His shirt got sucked off his body’: passengers on the .....

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At the time of the incident the aircraft was still climbing altitude, most of the passengers were still buckled down, it could have been much worse if it happened at cruise height after the seatbelt lights turned off. Years ago my sister told me her friend's tribulation during a fly. The plane was hit by violent turbulence, some passengers were tossed into the air or ceiling? maybe? One with broken leg and many other injuries. After landed in Beijing several badly injured people were taken by stretchers. 

Since then I always had myself seatbelted along the whole path except for washroom. 
 
  

TThe loud “boom” was startling enough, and the roaring wind that immediately filled the airline cabin left Kelly Bartlett unnerved. Still, it wasn’t until a shaken teenager, shirtless and scratched, slid into the seat next to her that she realized just how close disaster had come.

A section of the Boeing 737 Max 9’s fuselage just three rows away had blown out – at three miles high – creating a vacuum that twisted the metal of the seats nearby, and snatched cellphones, headsets and even the shirt off the teenager’s back.

“His shirt got sucked off of his body when the panel blew out because of the pressure, and it was his seatbelt that kept him in his seat and saved his life. And there he was next to me,” she said, adding that his mother was reseated elsewhere.

“We had our masks on, and the plane was really loud so we couldn’t talk. But I had a … notes app on my phone that I was typing on. So I typed to him and I asked him if he was hurt,” Bartlett said. “I just couldn’t believe he was sitting there and what he must have gone through, what he must have been feeling at the time.”

She said the boy typed back that he was OK, but a bit scratched, adding “that was unbelievable” and “thank you for your kindness.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/alaska-airlines-boeing-737-max-9-blowout

永远老李
Thanks god it was only a door.

Thanks god it was not the whole fuslage tore apart. 

It is amazing two cell phones were recovered on the groud. Apple did good job and Boeing didn't. 

最西边的岛上
We were on Max once,terrible washroom size,so no more since
移花接木
@least all Beoings I'd taken squized WR size 2 barely in
移花接木
even the much larger, long range 777s, 787s
移花接木
certainly not freefall, Iphones' backdoor tech-----glider
永远老李
LOL
盈盈一笑间
That’s terrifying! I’ll wear my seat belt at all times
盈盈一笑间
going forward, after reading this article. Thanks 4 sharing.
永远老李
A Taiwan Boeing-747 lost something much bigger than door

During a flight from Taiwan to Hong Kong, the aircraft lost its tail. Everyone on board was dead. 

天边一片白云
That is so scary. 我经常站到过道上。看来以后得老老实实系好安全带坐着。
移花接木
747 is aging, but still some in passenger operation ,
永远老李
Lufthansa, Korean Air and Air China

I will definitely try to board a Boeing-747 before they disappear for good. 

Boeing-747 is my all time favorite airplane. 

盈盈一笑间
一样一样哒