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Alaska Airlines Grounds Boeing 737-9 Aircraft After Mid-Air Incident

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Alaska Airlines has grounded all its Boeing 737-9 aircraft, hours after a window and a piece of fuselage on one plane blew out in mid-air. The FAA will order the temporary grounding and inspections of some Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft operated by US carriers. This affects about 171 planes worldwide. Alaska Airlines, the world’s second biggest operator of the type, already grounded its Max 9 fleet in the wake of Friday’s incident after take-off from Portland, Oregon. United Airlines Holdings Inc., the model’s top operator, also took some of the jets out of service for inspections.

Alaska Airlines has grounded all its Boeing 737-9 aircraft after a window and a piece of fuselage blew out in mid-air. The FAA will order the temporary grounding and inspections of some Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft operated by US carriers.

This affects about 171 planes worldwide. Alaska Airlines and United Airlines have already grounded their Max 9 fleets.

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