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After a green light from the FAA, the Max 9 is set to return to the skies. Heres what travelers need to know about the plane after a terrifying scene on an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this month.

The mid-air blowout of a Boeing 737 Max 9 earlier this month has prompted renewed scrutiny of the airplane manufacturer and its commitment to safety.

The small plane that plunged off the coast of Half Moon Bay earlier this week was an "amateur-built" craft, experimental by designation. But why did it crash?

The small plane that plunged off the coast of Half Moon Bay earlier this week was an "amateur-built" craft, experimental by designation. But why did it crash?

The portion of the plane’s fuselage the manufacturer can put in place instead of an emergency exit door detached from a plane on a Jan. 5 flight.

In the aftermath of last week’s Alaska Airlines in-flight emergency, some aviation experts are questioning the structural design of the section of the Boeing 737 Max 9 that blew off the plane.

What's a "door plug" and why do airliners have them? How does a smartphone still work after falling three miles? We have answers to these and other questions stemming from Alaska Flight 1282.

What's a "door plug" and why do airliners have them? How does a smartphone still work after falling three miles? We have answers to these and other questions stemming from Alaska Flight 1282.

The landing gear was stowed, the plane was climbing to cruising altitude, and then a segment of the wall exploded out of the rear cabin of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Friday night, just 20 minutes after the plane took off from Oregon's Portland International Airport airport en route to Ontario, Calif. No passengers were seriously injured in the incident, which occurred as the Boeing 737-9 ...

Federal regulators at the National Transportation Safety Board are actively investigating the incident but have not yet announced any findings.