Flyer James Wilson said travellers on Monday's flight from San Francisco to Dallas knew something was wrong when they felt the fuselage begin to shake violently and heard popping noises outside the Boeing 757 shortly after take-off.
Astonished travellers feared the plane would crash as interior panels on both sides of the cabin pulled apart from the walls, exposing insulation, and they felt a change in cabin pressure due to a possible blown air duct.
Mr Wilson, from Kyle, Texas, told the Associated Press: ‘It was the whole Row 14 on all sides, from the floor to the ceiling.'
He told ABC7: ‘All of a sudden (we heard) this loud pop, pop, pop … really loud and this ripping sound. It sounded like bowling balls were falling from the overhead bins.
‘It was terrifying. We didn’t know what was going on.
‘We were all shouting for the flight crew, “Come look the walls are caving in!”.’
The 32-year-old race car driver, who was seated in Row 16, said crew members were ‘pulling the panels apart and looking for daylight behind there.’
Fearing the worst, he posted photographs and updates during a live-blog on his Facebook page and sent text messages to his wife, who was supposed to meet him in Dallas, so she would know what happened in case of a crash.
He pleaded with his Facebook friends to call his wife just in case his text messages didn't go through, writing: 'American Flight 2293 depressurized and started coming apart mid air. Please pray for us.'
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