CNN —Emily Wiprud, the first officer piloting Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on January 5, says she initially thought people had been killed when the plane’s door plug blew off shortly after takeoff, according to an interview with CBS News Wednesday.
I was in shock.”Emily Wiprud, the first officer piloting Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on January 5, in an interview with CBS News Wednesday.
Federal investigations would later determine that Boeing delivered the 737 Max plane to Alaska Airlines without four bolts that were designed to hold the door plug in place.
Wiprud said from the flight deck she knew something terrible had happened, but she didn’t immediately know that the door plug had blown off.
For example, neither Boeing nor the National Transportation Safety Board know how the 737 Max was delivered to Alaska Airlines without the four bolts.
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