Kyle Rinker News Today

Boeing may be the backbone of the Australian airline industry, but a series of incidents have airlines around the world on high alert.

In another unnerving incident involving Alaska Airlines, a plane flying from Los Cabo to Portland International airport landed with its cargo door slightly ajar

Passengers on board the Alaska Airlines flight that had a mid-air blowout earlier this month were offered $1500 in compensation.

Flight 1182 of Japans All Nippon Airways was en route to Toyama, on Japans main island, Honshu but headed back to Sapporo in Hokkaido today after the crack was found.

Alaska Airlines and United Airlines grounded all of their Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners again on Sunday while they waited to be told how to inspect the planes.

"Loose hardware" has been found on some of Alaska Airlines' Boeing 737-9 Max fleet of aircraft, days after one plane suffered a mid-air blow out.

An inspection of all 40 Boeing 737 Max planes operated by Indian airlines found a missing part - a washer - on one aircraft, aviation regulator DGCA said Tuesday, prompting the American aerospace giant to sound a global call to scrutinise all planes.

Federal officials indicated further maintenance might be required to avoid another inflight blowout like the one that damaged one of its planes.

WASHINGTON — Alaska Airlines grounded its Boeing 737-9 planes on Friday after a flight with 177 people onboard made an emergency landing in the US state of Oregon, with passengers reporting a plane window panel blew out after takeoff."Following tonight's event on Flight 1282, we have decided to take the precautionary step of temporarily grounding our fleet of 65 Boeing 737-9

Airlines and safety bodies around the world grounded some versions of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets pending inspections Sunday, with dozens of flights cancelled over the weekend after a panel blew out of one of the planes over the western US state of Oregon.