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They could fly again. the inspections started saturday. both united and alaska airlines say they have found loose bolts during those inspections. united said we have found instances in installation issues with the door plug. bolts that need additional tightening. not good news for boeing. its supplier that makes the fuselage and the customers, airlines and all those passengers. well have to see where the investigation goes from here. >> dana: dan springer, thank you so much. >> bill: hunter bide...

For the fourth day, San Francisco International Airport is experiencing serious cancellations and delays with more than 50 cancelled flights.

Safety standards and is staying in close contact with the airlines. heres erin delmore with the latest. after a panel blew off the plane operated by alaska airlines midflight on friday the faa grounded more than 170 other max 9s. upon inspection they found problems with more doors. loose bolts on five panels in otherjets of that model. the news was reported by air current. united in a statement said the company found instances that appeared to relate to installation issues in the door plug, for ...

The white house is insisting that president biden still has complete confidence in secretary austin. david? >> david: all right, selina wang from inside the briefing room tonight, this weather hitting washington, as well. thank you. tonight, more than 170 passenger planes have now been grounded, and what both alaska airlines and united airlines have now found after their own inspections, after that door plug blew off an alaska airlines flight at 16,000 feet. and the images tonight from inside ...

Have the door plug and order an inspection before they could fly again. the inspections started saturday and united and alaska airlines said they found loose bolts. bolts that needed additional tightening. certainly not good news for boeing and other bad news for boeing, neil, we just got word that ohio senator j.d. vance is calling for congressional hearings on that 737 max and the safety procedures that have gone into assembling it and this door plug that seems to be a problem right now. back ...

All about the bowls. investigators are increasingly focused on the focal powerful bolts that could should have kept the door panel from flying off the 737 max nine. they are unaccounted for. >> we have not yet determined if they existed there. >> reporter: of the bolts are there, the door is there and they do not fight off? >> yes, it prevents the door from translating upwards and disengaging from the stop fittings. >> reporter: and flying off the plane? >> and flying off the plane. >> reporter:...

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Munteen is following the story for us tonight. >> boeings ceo says the company is acknowledging its mistake. that and it just released an excerpt from the companys all hands safety meeting today. heres the issue. calhoun did not say exactly what that mistake is if anything, and now investigators are scrambling to get to the bottom of it. after fridays dramatic in flight blow out significant new findings by investigators and airlines are putting the spotlight on bolts in the boeing 737 max 9 desi...

Airlines both report issues with door plugs on an undisclosed number of now grounded max 9s. alaska says mechanics found some loose hardware was visible. united says it found possible door plug installation issues and bolts that needed additional tightening. now investigators are searching for the door plug bolts from fridays incident, potentially key evidence. >> we have not yet recovered the four bolts that restrain it from its vertical movement. and we have not yet determined if they existed ...

Plug on a plane in service since october to fall off and the cabin to depressurize 16,000 feet in the air, endangering the more than 100 passengers and crew on board. the faa grounding all 171 boeing 737 max 9 aircrafts worldwide for immediate inspections. this after alaska and united airlines grounded its entire fleet of 737 max 9s as a precaution. a top priority for investigators is to find the missing door plug as it holds clues as to why this accident happened. the ntsb says based off of rad...