The side of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 showing the missing door On 5 January 2024, Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 departed Portland, Oregon, on what should have been an entirely routine flight to California. The Boeing 737 MAX 9 had climbed to around 16,000 feet when passengers heard a loud bang followed by an explosive rush of air as a section of the fuselage tore away from the aircraft. As you'd expect, oxygen masks deployed and loose objects were pulled from the cabin. The f