United Airlines finds loose bolts on its Boeing 737 Max 9s
United, which has more Max 9s than any other U.S. carrier, has canceled more than 470 flights since Saturday.
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United, which has more Max 9s than any other U.S. carrier, has canceled more than 470 flights since Saturday.
By Paradise Afshar, Elizabeth Wolfe, Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN
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U.S. regulators grounded 171 MAX 9 planes after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines-operated flight not long after taking off from a Portland, Oregon, airport on Friday, forcing pilots to scramble to land the plane safely. United, one of the two U.S. carriers that fly this Boeing model with the panels, said its own preliminary checks found bolts that needed tightening on several panels.
The Boeing has come under scrutiny after a door plug blew off an Alaska Air jet in mid-flight