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United and alaska airlines conduct faa-ordered inspections on all max 9s in the u.s. earlier today the ntsb recovered the missing 63-pound door plug that blew out of the side of that alaska airlines max 9 friday night, landing in a teachers back yard. the plug will undergo a close inspection at the ntsb lab in washington as investigators look at how and why the plane suffered a decompression explosion at 16,000 feet. >> alaska, 1282. declare emergency. we need to descend down to 10,000. >> repor...

Wrong with the plane. but i dont think theres enough information that would have led them to this door, because this door has not been a problem in the past. its not been a problem with the prior version of the 737. so a big question is going to be how does it have a successful fleet in the 737 900, the extended range version, former version of the 737, and suddenly having all these problems in the max? so thats gonna be a big part of the investigation. >> youve dealt with some of these very ser...

The altar mode not needing to go to the manual. and at this time, we have no indications whatsoever that this correlation in any way to the expulsion of the door plug and the rapid decompression. now, the ntsb is very thorough so we will go back and look at the flight data reporter. and we will get that on capitol pressure and were also going to domino the memory on the cabin pressure controllers. we may have to pull the, units to see why was acting up. but at, boeing we have asked boeing for a ...

More loose bolts were identified on Boeing 737 Max 9 planes. The findings came after all 737 Max 9 were grounded over the weekend after a sealed door blew off the side of an Alaska Airlines Max 9 flight on Saturday.

The grounding of the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft is causing travel delays and cancellations at the San Diego International Airport.

Problem in the manufacture of the airplane, or it could be a problem in the design of this system, although this is not a new system, it was in the prior version of a 7:37. so it looks more and more like a manufacturing issue. >> were also learning, as the ntsb is investigated all these details, were learning that there were some lights that had come on three times in the last month. is this something that would cause alarm if you are a pilot, that they come on? >> so the light comes on, and it ...

And, theyll be able to get all the details from them. so, getting locked up into the new recording, and all the checklist that had to be done, i can guarantee, nothing is done with the melissa intent of hiding anything. so, these are heroes today and right now we have a lot of questions from boeing. how in the heck did this happen. >> youre absolutely right, miles, i was thinking about. it and we heard from the ntsb chair, that they were looking for a bottom hinch fitting, which they think is no...

Everybody on that board especially everyone around where the explosive decompression happen are probably having a nightmare is now. so, there is going to be some legal action, but they got off luckily. most importantly, the people on this airplane got off super lucky. >> look, the psychological impact to all of us. anytime something like this happens this very real, justin green, thank. you >> abby, thank you. >> i want to bring in jim hall, the former chairman of the ntsb. jim, how involved in ...

Four days after a section of the fuselage suddenly detached as an Alaska Airlines plane was taking off, United Airlines reported Monday its inspectors discovered several "instances that appear to relate to installation issues in the door plug," including bolts needing additional tightening.

They can be reinspected to make sure this doesnt happen again. tonight, united airlines says during their look, they discovered loose bolts on an undisclosed number of their boeing 737 max 9 planes. same aircraft, each one of course being inspected carefully after what happened here. joining me tonight is greg feith, a former ntsb investigator. im so glad youre here because we got an update from alaska airlines just in the last several moments. and part of it, they say that as they are waiting t...