Seventeen passengers of Alaska Airlines flight 1282, which lost a panel off its fuselage at 16,000 feet, leaving a gaping hole in the plane, have joined a request for class action against the air carrier and Boeing, saying actions taken by both parties put them in a potentially life-threatening situation. The Stritmatter Firm, which is handling this case, held a press conference on Thursday where two passengers spoke about their experiences on board. They described chaos, confusion and abject terror in the minutes after the panel ripped away from the jet. Suzannah Anderson was in seat 1C when she heard a loud explosion coming from the rear of the plane. She said her ears started to ring and she saw what looked like white smoke, but what she later learned was mist, filling the plane. She heard screaming and crying, items began to fly around the cabin and she witnessed flight attendants struggling to close the door of the cockpit. "Looking at the flight attendants' faces, it was clear to me that this wasn't going to go well," Anderson said. READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/tech/science/aerospace/boeing/17-passengers-join-class-action-lawsuit-boeing-alaska-airlines-737-max-9-flight-1282/281-5ef6efdb-7614-496b-b719-e6be0e9c3b75