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Alaska, United Expected to Fly 737 MAX 9 Again This…

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced it will allow Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft to resume flying once they receive a series of inspections and maintenance checks. The announcement ends a weeks-long saga that began when a plug filling…

FAA Scolds Boeing Over Door Plug Decompression Incident

“This incident should have never happened, and it cannot happen again.” Those words come from a statement from the FAA, which announced Thursday that it has formally notified Boeing that it is conducting “an investigation to determine if [the company]…

Loose Bolts Found on 737 MAX 9 Aircraft

Loose bolts were found on the plug doors of at least five United 737 MAX 9 aircraft during mandated inspections. As first reported by The Air Current, the issue was discovered following Friday's incident involving Alaska flight 1282. All U.S.-based…

FAA Orders Grounding of 737 MAX 9 Aircraft

The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered the temporary grounding of 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets after a decommissioned emergency door blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight last night. The agency is calling for the inspection of these aircraft…

Alaska Grounds All 737 MAX 9 Jets

Alaska is temporarily grounding its fleet of 65 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft after a serious decompression and structural failure incident on Friday evening. Flight 1282 from Portland (PDX) to Ontario, Calif. (ONT) made an emergency landing at PDX at…