A Alaska Airlines plane unpaid from Portland to Ontario (Canada) when just taking off, the rear emergency door of the planeflew through the air, leaving a hole the size of a refrigerator: about 4,900 meters high. However, all passengers were wearing their seatbelts and as it happened as soon as they took off, the tragedy was avoided.

And this is how he explains it to laSexta Daniel Escohotado, vice president and communications director of the Spanish Union of Airline Pilots (Sepla): “The plane was not at a high altitude. What occurred was a rapid depressurization but not an explosive depressurization, which is what carries all objects quickly. Also, all the passengers still had their seat belts fastened.”

Also, adds Escohtado, it is important to highlight “the rapid intervention of the pilots who descended to the minimum altitude at which the passengers can breathe”; as well as that there was no one in the seats next to the door.

“In principle, it is not possible for something like this to happen, since the pressure itself prevents the door from opening. We must verify what has failed: the closures, the design, both…” explains the expert.

Therefore, her discovery was key: “I am excited to announce that we have found the door. Thank you Bob,” she reported and thanked Jennifer Homendi, president of the US Transportation Safety Board. Bob is a teacher from Portland who found the plane door in his backyard and sent a photo to authorities.