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Pressure mounts on Boeing as airlines report loose parts

Valerie Insinna, David Shepardson and Rajesh Kumar Singh

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Washington/Chicago | Boeing’s latest 737 Max crisis deepened after United Airlines and Alaska Airlines said they had found loose parts on several grounded Max 9 aircraft, raising new concerns among industry experts about how its best-selling jet family is manufactured.

US regulators grounded 171 Max 9 planes after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines-operated flight not long after take-off from a Portland, Oregon, airport on Friday, forcing pilots to scramble to land safely.

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