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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Tuesday January 9th, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today the latest problem surrounding a Boeing aircraft, plus a Texas hotel

explodes and finding a remote job might be getting harder.

An Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California made a dramatic emergency landing late Friday night

after part of the plane's side burst off at 16,000 feet.

All passengers and crew deplane safely after the emergency landing.

Shortly after taking off a mid-cabin door plug separated from the fuselage, the main body section of an aircraft.

Experts say the incident could have been catastrophic had it happened at a higher altitude.

It's the latest incident for Boeing's 737

max line of planes. The Federal Aviation Administration is grounding nearly

two hundred 737 max nine jets following the incident and United Airlines and Alaska Airlines

both said they found loose parts on numerous grounded Max 9 planes.

Previously two Boeing 737 Max Eight jets crashed in 2018 and 2019, killing hundreds of people.

All the planes were grounded worldwide for nearly two years until Boeing made changes to an automated flight

control system. At least 21 people were injured after an explosion yesterday rattled a hotel building in Fort Worth, Texas, according to authorities.

One person was in critical condition and another four were seriously injured according to a medical

spokesperson. The Fort Worth Fire Department said the smell of gas

spread throughout the city's downtown area and investigators are confident the

blast was some kind of gas explosion.

Photos of the explosion showed windows and debris blown out and scattered across the street.

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