Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing jets, apologizes after panel blows out midair

Alaska Airlines grounded all of its Boeing 737-9 aircraft late Friday, just hours after a window and piece of fuselage on one such plane blew out in midair and forced an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon. No one was seriously hurt.

Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing jets, apologizes after panel blows out midair
A look inside the plane at the missing section of fuselage.

Alaska Airlines grounded all of its Boeing 737-9 aircraft late Friday, just hours after a window and piece of fuselage on one such plane blew out in midair and forced an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon. No one was seriously hurt.