6 January 2024 at 19:10 US aviation authorities grounded 171 aircraft after aircraft landed with a hole in the fuselage The US aviation authority grounded 171 Boeing 737 MAX after the incident where a panel in the fuselage of such an aircraft came loose in the air. This is stated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Saturday. – The FAA requires immediate inspections of certain Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft before they can resume flights, says FAA head Mike Whitaker. It was on Friday that part of the plane was torn off while it was in the air. The aircraft operator Alaska Airlines announced earlier on Saturday that it is grounding all of its Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft until further notice. Later they update that nine of them are back in traffic, having been checked and found safe. 174 people were on board the plane which was going from Portland to Ontario and which lost parts of the fuselage. No one was seriously injured. The plane should have landed 20 minutes after take-off. (NTB/news)
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