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- Emma Vu was flying to California with Alaska Airlines when a gaping hole appeared in the fuselage.
- She described her terror at being "jolted awake" as the plane dropped.
- Vu sent panicked messages to her family, saying: "Please I don't want to die."
A passenger who was on board Alaska Airlines flight 1282 when a hole opened up in the fuselage of the Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft has spoken about her terrifying experience.
Emma Vu said she was asleep in seat 18B when she felt a sudden drop and was "jolted awake."
The flight took off on Friday from Portland, Oregon, on its way to California when a chunk of its fuselage blew off at around 16,000 feet, leaving a large hole in the side of the plane.