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Exclusive: Capt. Wayne Hoefler told The Independent he sprang into action to help fix a malfunctioning door plug -- one day before an incident nearly sucked passengers out of an Alaska Airlines jet
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An off-duty pilot aboard an American Airlines flight claims he suffered permanent hearing loss, and now has a “constant ringing” in his ears, after the crew asked him to help fix a potentially catastrophic door-seal failure that occurred nearly six miles up in the sky.
