Alaska Airlines passenger about hole in plane wall: "I kept staring into the hole and hoping it wouldn't tear any further". He was sitting right next to the torn wall of a Boeing aircraft in the climb, his shoes and socks were torn from his body.

Cuong Tran is one of seven passengers who have sued aircraft manufacturer Boeing, Alaska Airlines and fuselage manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems. Another group of affected passengers has sued Boeing and Alaska Airlines for $1 billion for negligence.