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Winter weather, combined with the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft, is causing major disruptions for air travel.

78 years ago, city officials approved American Airlines lease for the Tulsa maintenance base. The company would move its main maintenance base from New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

The NTSB is continuing their investigation after a door plug fell off an Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight.

“Were going to approach it with 100 percent and complete transparency every step of the way,” Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun said

Alaska Airlines has just stated that during the preparation for inspections on its Boeing 737-9 fleet, maintenance technicians discovered some loose hardware on certain aircraft.

Plane manufacturer Boeing earlier Monday said it sent instructions to airlines to conduct the inspections of the Max 9s in their fleets.

Ay Dios mio, this is bad news. United Airlines said Monday that it has found loose bolts on door plugs of several Boeing 737 Max 9 planes during inspections spurred when a panel of that type blew out...

While Friday's incident was rare, the discovery of loose bolts on other aircraft have raised wider concerns over safety

United Airlines said Monday it has found several instances of loose bolts holding down exit plugs on its fleet of Boeing 737 Max-9 aircraft similar to the one that blew off during an Alaska Airlines...

FAA's Saturday grounding of Boeing 737-9 MAX jetliners in the U.S. pending inspections mostly affects United and Alaska airlines, which had dozens of the new planes in their fleets. United reported finding loose bolts on the type of door panel that failed on an Alaska flight Friday.