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A mid-air blowout has put jetmaker Boeing back in the exact place investors and management hoped it would avoid - back in the regulatory crosshairs just as it was awaiting approval of new models of its best-selling MAX jet. Investigators say it is too early to determine what caused a so-called door plug to fall off from the side of an aircraft operated by one of Boeing's most loyal customers, Alaska Airlines, on Friday with 171 passengers on board. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA...

Safety checks on some Boeing jets hit a snag over paperwork on Sunday, as U.S. authorities searched for a missing panel that blew off a new Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet in midair on Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday ordered the temporary grounding of 171 Boeing jets installed with the same panel after the eight-week-old Alaska Airlines jet was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage. But criteria for the checks have yet to be agreed between the FAA and Boei...

A mid-air blowout has put jetmaker Boeing back in the exact place investors and management hoped it would avoid - back in the regulatory crosshairs just as it was awaiting approval of new models of...

US regulators say more than 170 Boeing-­made jets will remain grounded until deemed safe to fly again, as authorities conduct a search near Portland, Oregon for a missing panel that blew off a new 737 Max 9 plane during a flight on Friday.

Alaska Airlines pilots reported pressurization warning lights on three earlier flights of a two-month-old Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet that made an emergency landing on Friday after a door plug tore off.

Alaska Airlines pilots reported pressurization warning lights on three earlier flights of a two-month-old Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet that made an emergency landing on Friday after a door plug tore off. ...

U.S. officials have recovered a panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines airliner triggering a partial grounding of Boeings 737 MAX 9 and sending shares in the planemaker tumbling on Monday. ...

Aerospace supplier Spirit AeroSystems manufactured and initially installed the fuselage part on a brand-new Boeing 737 Max 9 jet that suffered a blowout on Friday, but Boeing also has a key role in the usual completion process, sources told Reuters. Because of a complex, two-tier installation process, investigators are expected to examine whether any flaws occurred at Spirit's giant fuselage plant in Wichita, Kansas, or at the Boeing factory outside Seattle, the sources said. Regulators o...

A piece of the fuselage tore off the left side of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 after take-off from Portland

Alaska Airlines will temporarily ground its fleet of 65 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft after a cabin panel blowout forced a jetliner loaded with passengers to make an emergency landing on Friday, CEO...