A plane flying out of Portland, OR, had a big oopsie (no one hurt)

[danny burstein]

if anyone's still reading this group...

[Oregon news]

BREAKING: An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing at
Portland International Airport on Friday night after a large window section of
the aircraft blew out in mid-air.
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rest (w/photos)
https://www.kptv.com/2024/01/06/plane-window-blows-out-mid-air-makes-emergency-landing-portland-airport/

[towbar]

Compared to the 'pedagogical' issues a while back this could be a
biggie. I didn't know Boeing was using anything other than plug doors
that can only go inward, is this something new or was it something else
entirely? I knew of a 200 cargo once that blew a cargo door half a km
over itself into the field on the ground; I mean if a door blows at
40000 feet and m 0.80 nothing will be left of the airframe. Metyhionks
them folks was very lucky ity blew sooner than later.