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The incident was the latest in a series of events that have shaken confidence in the aircraft manufacturer. Talks continued on Thursday between Boeing, the FAA and airlines on revised inspection and maintenance instructions from Boeing that the FAA must approve before airlines can resume flying the planes.
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.
US News: US officials have recovered a panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines airliner triggering a partial grounding of Boeing's 737 MAX 9 and sending shares