Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Tuesday penned a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requesting a thorough probe of the “near catastrophe” involving a Boeing 737 Max 9 flight Friday night and demanding full disclosure of the findings before the aircraft return to the sky. An Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Ore., to…
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 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Saturday ordered the temporary grounding of 171 Boeing MAX 9 jets installed with the same panel after the Alaskan Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday it will temporarily ground some Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes used by U.S. airlines after a panel appeared to have detached from an Alaska Airlines flight midair.