Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds of flights Saturday review, 79 of the Boeing 737 aircraft a day after a hole in a fuselage, a forced emergency landing.
Flight 812 from Phoenix to Sacramento was Friday to Yuma, Arizona, redirected, in the midst of which referred to the airline as a sudden "Depressurization event" a safe end brings to a harrowing journey for 118 passengers and five crew members.
"Southwest expected about 300 flights today cancel, to the controls to be fair," said in a statement, specify 79 aircraft were grounded, not the already-announced 81 the airline.
"These aircraft are controlled several days at five locations in the course of the next."
Southwest said, that are the controls with Boeing, with focus on "aircraft skin fatigue."
That examine national transportation safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration, causing the hull to 36,000 feet open ribs.
"The security of our customers and employees is our primary concern, and we're grateful there were no serious injuries," Southwest Chief Operating Officer Mike van de Ven said in a statement.
A flight attendant and a passenger at least were treated for minor injuries, according to the airline.
Told US media that they have a are passengers pop like a gunshot, then felt wind rush through the cabin belongs.
"My husband and I saw you could see blue sky, you understand that the wiring, cabling," passenger Debbie Downey told CNN.
"We looked at each other and dachte-- oh my gosh, this is not a good sign."
The aircraft went into a steep nosedive and oxygen masks were deployed. FAA spokesman Ian Gregor described it as a "fast, controlled descent" before the plane landed in Yuma.
Shawna Redden said her "Heart was pounding my chest" in the confusing first minutes of the incident, and they began to believe that "This is it," but then managed to stay calm and try to help passengers other fear.
Reddy Fox said she used their mobile phones news to text possible farewell message to her husband, then found himself under the hand of strangers next to you "and just pray that we were going, make okay."
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