'I sat inches away from US plane's mid-air blowout'

Cuong Tran says the seatbelt saved his life as a gaping fuselage hole suddenly appeared after take-off.

By: BBC News

Mar 23 2024
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'I sat inches away from US plane's mid-air blowout'

A Californian man has described "holding on for dear life" as he sat on an Alaska Airlines flight inches away from a gaping hole which appeared when an unused door flew off mid-flight.
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