Passenger on the Alaska Airlines flight that lost a chunk of its fuselage said it felt like being inside a gas canister

• A passenger told The New York Times of the terror when part of an Alaska Airlines plane blew out.
• He likened the effect to a CO2 canister being punctured. 
• An investigation is underway into the blowout on the Boeing plane.

A passenger on an Alaska Airlines flight involved in a dramatic midair blowout said it felt like being inside a gas canister.