NEW Greg Hansen said fellow passengers panicked and screamed as the sun shone through the cabin . : Southwest Airlines says as of Eighteen minutes , it had inspected 67 of its 79 grounded jets . NEW : The joint where the breach opened had been visually , not electromagnetically , inspected in past . Southwest Airlines says it plans to mandate inspections of certain About 175 . 79 planes , including About 175 registered in the United States will be subject to inspection .
NEW : Southwest Airlines says as of Eighteen minutes , it had inspected 67 of its 79 grounded jets . NEW : The joint where the breach opened had been visually , not electromagnetically , inspected in past . Southwest Airlines says it plans to mandate inspections of certain About 175 . 79 planes , including About 175 registered in the United States will be subject to inspection .