{"id":362012,"date":"2011-04-02T22:29:35","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T22:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/02\/us-jets-grounded-after-hole-scare\/"},"modified":"2011-04-02T22:29:35","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T22:29:35","slug":"us-jets-grounded-after-hole-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/us-jets-grounded-after-hole-scare\/","title":{"rendered":"US jets grounded after hole scare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"86.829166666667\">\n    \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>2 April 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>18:29 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        <!--  Embedding the video player --><br \/>\n<!--  This is the embedded player component --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"holding\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/0f4b28be6715_de28-1.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Passengers capture footage of the hole in the plane roof\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <!-- embedding script --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <!-- companion banner --> <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- END - companion banner --><!-- caption --><\/p>\n<p>Passengers on board the Southwest Airlines flight described what happened<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- END - caption -->\n        <\/div>\n<p><!-- end of the embedded player component --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Player embedded -->\t<\/p>\n<p>The US carrier Southwest Airlines has grounded for inspection about 80 of its planes after a hole opened up in mid-air in the roof of one of its aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have ruled out terrorism, but so far have not been able to establish the cause of the rupture.<\/p>\n<p>The hole caused a sudden drop in cabin pressure, and Flight 812 from Phoenix to Sacramento was forced to make a steep descent and emergency landing. <\/p>\n<p>One flight attendant was slightly injured during the incident on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said a couple of people aboard the  Boeing 737-300 nearly passed out while scrambling for oxygen masks.<\/p>\n<p>There were 118 passengers and crew on board the 15-year-old plane.<\/p>\n<p>  <span>&#8216;You can see sky&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An FBI spokesman said terrorism was not suspected and &#8220;it appears to be a mechanical issue&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Passenger Brenda Reese said the plane had just left Phoenix when she heard a &#8220;gunshot-like sound&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s at the top of the plane, right up above where you store your luggage,&#8221; she told the Associated Press by telephone from the plane.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The panel&#8217;s not completely off. It&#8217;s like ripped down&#8230; When you look up through the panel, you can see the sky.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She said the plane had &#8220;dropped pretty quick&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Another woman on board said: &#8220;They had just taken drink orders when I heard a huge sound and oxygen masks came down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was a hole in the fuselage about three feet long. You could see the insulation and the wiring. You could see a tear the length of one of the ceiling panels.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Aviation officials said the pilot made controlled descent, dropping 8,000m (25000ft) from 11,000m in about five minutes.  <\/p>\n<p>The National Transportation Safety Board said an &#8220;in-flight fuselage rupture&#8221; led to the sudden descent and drop in cabin pressure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do not know the cause of the decompression,&#8221; Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said.<\/p>\n<p>The same thing happened to another Southwest jet in 2009. Then, metal fatigue was the cause.<\/p>\n<p>in 1988, cracks caused a hole to open in an Aloha Airlines plane over Hawaii. In that incident, a flight attendant died.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/0f4b28be6715_de28-1.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Excerpt from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-us-canada-12947583\" title=\"US jets grounded after hole scare\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US jets grounded after hole scare<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 2 April 2011 Last updated at 18:29 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. 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