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US Regulators they ordered temporary immobilization of 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft for security check, after explosion in cockpit panel Friday night, which forced the new plane

US will not fly Boeing 737 Max after Alaska Airlines incident

US Regulators they ordered temporary immobilization of 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft for security check, after explosion in cockpit panel Friday night, which forced the new plane operated by Alaska Airlines make an emergency landing.

“FAU requires immediate inspection some Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft before they can fly again,” FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said Saturday. “Safety will continue to guide our decision-making as we help investigation NTSB on flight 1282 Alaska Airlines.

A a piece of the fuselage came off the left side of the plane while climbing from Portland, Oregon en route to Ontario, California, which forced the pilots to turn around and land safely with 171 passengers and six crew members on board. The aircraft was in service for only eight weeks.

Solution Federal Aviation Administration far from a complete, indefinite safety ban comparable to the grounding of all MAX aircraft nearly five years ago, but it is striking new blow to Boeing trying to recover from successive security crises and a pandemic under huge debts.

Boeing’s best-selling model was grounded for nearly two years after… Road accidents in 2018 and 2019. The latest accident also comes as Boeing and a major supplier face a number of production or quality issues.

There was no immediate indication of the cause of the apparent structural failure, and there were no reports of injuries.

Alaska Airlines has already begun grounding dozens of Boeing planes for safety checks. As of Saturday morning, Alaska said in a statement that it had completed more than a quarter of the checks did not reveal any problems. He did not respond to requests for further comment.

According to the tracking site ReisRadar24Alaska Airlines had 101 cancellations on Saturdayor 13% of its scheduled flights, although several aircraft were shown to be flying.

CEO of the airline, Ben MinicucciThe statement said the 65 similar aircraft will return to service only after preventive maintenance and safety checks, which are expected to be completed in the “coming days.”

National Transportation Safety Board He said a team of structural, operational and systems experts would arrive at the scene later on Saturday to begin an investigation.

Boeing He said he works for collect more information and that he was in contact with the airline.

Flight 1282 reached 16 thousand feet when the blowout occurred, FlightRadar24 reported.

“We’d like to get out,” the pilot told air traffic controllers, according to a recording posted on liveatc.net. “We declare an emergency. We must descend to 10 thousand,” the pilot added, referring to the initial altitude for this type of emergency, below which breathing is considered possible for healthy people without additional oxygen.

Social media posts also showed oxygen masks deployed and part of the plane’s side wall is missing.

Passenger photographs show that the panel, which can be used for additional rear exit door in the middle cab, leaving a gap in the shape of the door. This extra door is usually installed by low-cost airlines that use extra seats that require more evacuation routes.

However, on airliners these doors are permanently “locked” or deactivated. Alaska Airlines.

The plane was delivered to Alaska Airlines at the end of October and certified early NovemberAccording to the FAA.

The incident demonstrates the importance of passengers keeping their seat belts fastened While sitting on an airplane, even if the seat belt light is not on, says Anthony Brickhouse, an aviation safety expert at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

The 737 MAX was immobilized for 20 months worldwide in two Fatal accidents in 2018 and 2019 Poorly designed cockpit software killed 346 people in Ethiopia and Indonesia. Boeing is awaiting certification of its smaller 737 MAX 7 and larger MAX 10.

(Reuters)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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