Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Oregon after window and chunk of fuselage blow out

An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon after a window and a chunk of its fuselage reportedly blew out in mid-air. A passenger sent KATU-TV a photo showing a gaping hole in the side of the airplane next to passenger seats on Friday. It was not immediately clear if anyone was injured. Alaska Airlines says it's investigating what happened and will share more information when it becomes available. Flight tracking data says the plane was diverted after rising to 16,000 feet about six minutes after taking off at 5:07 p.m. The Max is the newest version of Boeing’s venerable 737. Two Max 8 jets crashed in 2018 and 2019, killing 346 people and leading to a near two-year grounding of Max 8 and Max 9 planes.