Reports: Plane Continued Flight After Losing Panel

From the Dallas Morning News: Flight attendants said it sounded like an explosion, but the visual was even more frightening.

An American Airlines plane lost a large panel while on a recent flight from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Paris. While the problem started before they left Dallas airspace, the plane did not turn back and crossed the Atlantic Ocean.

Flight 48 takes off from D/FW every day and heads to Paris. But just 10 hours after a 767 twin engine jumbo jet took off on April 20, the flight came to an end with the discovery of the large hole that occurred only 10 minutes into the flight.
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