Passenger Evan Smith said a boy and his mother were sitting in the row where the window blew out and the child's shirt was sucked off him and out of the plane.
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Alaska Airlines jetliner blew out a window and a portion of its fuselage shortly after takeoff three miles above Oregon, creating a gaping hole that sucked clothing off a child and forced the pilots to make an emergency landing as its 174 passengers and six crew members donned oxygen masks. Read More