According to a report, a man described holding on as he sat on a boeing plane inches away from a gaping hole which appeared when a door flew off midflight. Reportedly, his seatbelt saved him as his shoes were ripped off by decompression. According to the report, he suffered lacerations to his legs and is among seven people filing a lawsuit against Alaska airlines, boeing and spirit aerosystems.
Reportedly, in an investigation u.s. regulators found four bolts means to hold the door in place were missing. According to the report, the plans was able to make an emergency landing.