image of plane on ground after incident with massive hole in the side
Investigators inspect the United Airlines Flight 811 plane on February 26, 1989.
  • An Alaska Airlines flight had a door plug blow off its side mid-air on Friday. No one was killed.
  • The last time a door blew off mid-flight on a US flight was on United Airlines Flight 811.
  • Nine passengers were pulled out of the plane when the fuselage ripped apart.

It was like an airline passenger's worst nightmare.

A door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight over the weekend, forcing the plane to turn around and land.

The cabin was damaged but no one was seriously hurt.