Four bolts were missing from a door panel that blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight last month while the Boeing 737 Max 9 plane was flying over Oregon, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board. The bolts are there to prevent the non-operational panel,...
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Boeing Max 9s start flying again after door panel blowout
This weekend Alaska Airlines and United Airlines resumed flying some of their Boeing Max 9 planes, all of which were grounded after a door panel on a Max 9 blew out in midair Jan. 5. Although airlines, regulators and Boeing maintain that the planes are safe after a federally approved...
Flying on a Boeing 737 Max 9? Here’s what to know.
For the first time since Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners were grounded after a mid-air blowout earlier this month, the aircraft are again carrying passengers — a prospect that might prompt questions among some travelers. Alaska Airlines resumed a limited number of flights with its Max 9s on...
Alaska Airlines returns the 737 Max 9 to service today with Seattle to San Diego flight
Alaska Airlines plans to return the 737 Max 9 aircraft to service on Friday, with the first flight leaving from Seattle this afternoon and landing in San Diego. The trip will mark the first for this model of Boeing aircraft since a mid-air blowout earlier this month prompted the FAA to...
Boeing 737 Max 9 airliners to return to skies
Federal Aviation Administration officials have cleared the runway for Boeing’s 737 Max 9 to fly again, less than a month after a portion of an Alaska Airlines plane blew off midflight over Oregon. The FAA announced it was greenlighting an inspection and maintenance process for the 171...