SNL Roasts Seattle's Alaska Airlines Over Door Mishap [Video]

A plastic sheet covers an area of the fuselage of the Alaska Airlines N704AL Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft outside a hangar at Portland International Airport on January 8, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. NTSB investigators are continuing their inspection on the Alaska Airlines N704AL Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft following a midair fuselage blowout on Friday, January 5. None of the 171 passengers and six crew members were seriously injured. (Photo by Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)

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The “Alaska Airlines Ad,” where Alaska Airlines admitted that, yes, one of their planes had to make an emergency landing after a cabin door flew off…but isn’t that kind of cool? “On other airlines you can watch movies, but on Alaska…you’re in the movie,” they say. They also promised that they would tighten “some” bolts” and their planes would take off with the plane’s inflatable slide already deployed for extra precaution.