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The US air safety regulator announced Saturday it was grounding and ordering inspections on some Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplanes a day after a window panel blew out of one of the aircraft over the state of Oregon.
Alaska Airlines: Gaping hole in the side of the aircraft – Boeing 737 Max 9 has to make an emergency landing. Did an airplane door break out? In the U.S., a Boeing 737Max had to turn back shortly after takeoff. Alaska Airlines now wants to ground all aircraft of the type for the time being - there have been massive problems with it in the past. The airline has now announced that it will temporarily ground its fleet of 65 Boeing 737-9 aircraft as a precaution.
By Sara Smart, Sharif Paget, Pete Muntean and Raja Razek, CNN
A panel of the fuselage, including the panel's window, popped off shortly after takeoff,
The US air safety regulator announced Saturday it was grounding some Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplanes pending inspections, a day after a panel blew out of one of the planes over the western state of Oregon. Boeing has so far delivered some 218 737 MAX 9 planes worldwide, the company told AFP. US-based Alaska Airlines grounded all 65 of its Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes on Friday after a flight carrying 171 passengers and six crew was forced to make an emergency landing, with passengers saying a window panel