6 January 2024 at 19:10 The US aviation authorities ground 171 planes after planes landed with holes in the fuselage. The US aviation authorities ground 171 Boeing 737 MAXs 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 the fuselage of a plane was torn out of the fuselage 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. 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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