The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday said it will be temporarily grounding some Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes used by U.S. airlines after a panel of an aircraft detached in midair during an Alaska Airlines flight.
After about 10 minutes of flight time, the plane, initially bound for California, made an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon.
“The FAA is requiring immediate inspections of certain Boeing 737 Max 9 planes before they can return to flight,” FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said. He added that safety will continue guiding the agency’s decision-making as it assists the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into Friday’s incident, which occurred on an Alaska Airlines flight.
No one was seriously injured in the accident.
There have been other issues involving Boeing aircraft, some of which have ended tragically.
An engine cover detached on an Alaska Airlines flight
An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after an engine cover detached mid-flight in 2022.
“Part of the metal paneling that covers the engine, called the cowling, detached from the aircraft when it landed,” the airline said at the time.
No one was injured on the Boeing 737-900ER, headed from Seattle to San Diego.
A faulty engine control sensor forced an emergency landing
A Rossiya Airlines Boeing 777-300ER cargo plane made an emergency landing in Moscow during a 2021 flight from Hong Kong to Madrid due to a problem with the engine control sensor, the airline said at the time.
No one was injured and the aircraft were not suspended from flying.
Federal aviation agency Rosaviatsiya said at the time that Russian airlines operate those types of Boeing 777 planes, which are equipped with General Electric GE90-115B engines.
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All 189 passengers and crew flying on a
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