US grounds some Boeing 737 Max 9 jets after mid-air emergency
An emergency landing on Friday of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 jet in Portland, Oregon, led the Federal Aviation Administration to order some US airlines to stop using some Max 9 planes until they are inspected. The order will affect about 171 planes owned by Alaska, United and other airlines.
The episode also raised troubling new questions about the safety of a workhorse aircraft design dogged by years of problems and multiple deadly crashes.
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