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United States: 171 Boeing 737 Max 9s temporarily grounded after incident on Alaska Airlines flight
Since the serious incident that occurred on Friday, January 5, on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9, 171 similar planes from the American manufacturer have been temporarily grounded, waiting to be thoroughly checked. This model is not at its first failure. – (France 2)
Since the serious incident that occurred on Friday, January 5, on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9, 171 similar planes from the American manufacturer have been temporarily grounded, waiting to be thoroughly checked. This model is not at its first failure.
THE Boeing 737 Max 9, the best-selling aircraft of Boeingis subject to reinforced security checks ordered by civil aviation. Worldwide, 171 Boeing 737 Max 9s are temporarily grounded, indicates the American Federal Civil Aviation Agency. A measure taken after a rare incident that occurred Friday, January 5 on a flight from Alaska Airlines. An old condemned door was torn off in mid-air, at an altitude of 5,000 meters. There pilot had to make an emergency landing.
A device that had just left the workshop
There were no casualties in this incident, but the 737 Max has a serious history. In 2018, a device of this type crashed in Indonesia. The following year, history repeated itself in Ethiopia. Total balance: 346 deaths and 800 aircraft immobilized for almost two years. Crashes occurred a few minutes after takeoff, just like Friday’s incident. There is no obvious link, according to American authorities. The device involved on Friday had just left the workshop. The incident could result from a faulty inspection. On Sunday evening, the European Aviation Safety Agency announced that it would also carry out inspections.
