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Boeing 737 MAX 9 Planes Grounded Globally Following Alaska Airlines Incident

Emergency landing prompts FAA to order inspections, causing significant travel disruptions and raising safety concerns.

Photo of missing panel. The midair incident prompted the Alaska Airlines flight to make an emergency landing in Portland, Ore., on Friday.
Passenger oxygen masks hang from the roof next to a missing window and a portion of a side wall of an Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which had been bound for Ontario, California and suffered depressurization soon after departing, in Portland, Oregon, U.S., January 5, 2024 in this picture obtained from social media.
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9
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Overview

  • An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 was forced to make an emergency landing after a panel and window blew out of the aircraft, leading to the grounding of many Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes worldwide for inspection.
  • The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered the grounding and inspection of 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes globally, causing significant travel disruptions.
  • Alaska Airlines grounded its entire MAX 9 fleet and cancelled 160 flights, affecting approximately 23,000 passengers.
  • United Airlines also grounded all of its MAX 9 planes to comply with the FAA's inspection requirements, leading to over 240 flight cancellations and more than 130 delays.
  • The incident has raised safety concerns about Boeing planes, particularly in light of the fatal crashes involving Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in 2018 and 2019.