Alaska Airlines flight 1282 passenger recounts harrowing experience

Vi Nguyen was looking forward to a girls trip when she and her friends boarded an Alaska Airlines flight bound for Ontario, California. Shortly after takeoff, the jetliner suffered a blowout once a door plug tore off the fuselage, causing rapid depressurization in the cabin and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing back at Portland International Airport. Nguyen, 27, talks to The Seattle Times about her terrifying experience. (Deborah Bloom for The Seattle Times)