• Federal officials order grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners after plane suffers a blowout

    Federal officials order grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners after plane suffers a blowout
    Federal officials on Saturday ordered the immediate grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners until they are inspected after an Alaska Airlines plane suffered a blowout that left a gaping hole in the side of the fuselage.
    The required inspections take around four to eight hours per aircraft and affect about 171 airplanes worldwide.Alaska Airlines said in a statement that of the 65 737 Max 9 aircraft in its fleet, crews had inspected the paneled-over exits as part of recent maintenance work on

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