The terror was experienced by the 174 passengers of Alaska Airlines flight 1282 from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California.

The aircraft made an emergency landing on Friday night after a section of the plane detached while in the air.

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The aircraft departed Portland International Airport at 4:52 p.m. and returned to Portland shortly before 5:30 p.m.

Videos on social media show a window being detached.

The aircraft reached about 16,000 feet six minutes after takeoff before beginning its descent, according to the BBC.

In a statement to CBS News, Alaska Airlines said Flight No. 1282 “had an incident this afternoon shortly after departure” and “landed safely” in Portland, but did not provide further details.

“The safety of our guests and employees is always our top prioritytherefore, while these types of incidents are rare, our flight crew were trained and prepared to safely handle the situation,” the airline said in a statement, adding: “We are investigating what happened and will share more information as it becomes available.” .

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Immediately after the incident, the pilot called the air traffic controller to report the problem. “We are declaring a state of emergency,” said the pilot. “We have to get down to 10,000 (feet).”

According to information from the Daily Mail, passengers reported that after the decompression caused in the cabin, a child’s shirt was torn while the mobile phones were hurled.

Another passenger said a mother was trying to hold her child in his seat.

Fortunately though no injuries were reported.