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The FAA temporarily grounded a fleet of Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets in response to a near-catastrophic failure on an Alaskan Airlines flight Friday evening.
In a statement shared with X on Saturday, the regulator said it requires immediate inspections of certain aircraft before they can return to the skies.
The emergency inspections will affect about 171 aircraft in service worldwide, and the FAA said “safety will continue to guide our decision-making” as the National Transportation Safety Board conducts an investigation.
It comes after terrified passengers said they feared for their lives after an emergency exit used as a cabin window was blown off the Alaskan Airlines flight at 16,000 feet.
The FAA temporarily grounded nearly all Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft Friday evening in response to a near-catastrophic failure on an Alaskan Airlines flight.
The regulator announced this in a tweet on Saturday