Ak agreed, calling this a “brilliant” stance to take at this point in Max’s ongoing rise. “By the way, brilliant,” Ak said, as seen in the video above. “Yo, the wherewithal to say no.

Four bolts meant to hold the Boeing 737 Max 9 door plug in place were missing last month when part of a plane blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight, the National Transportation Safety Board found ...

Alaska Airlines gave CBS News an exclusive look at how inspections are carried out on the door panels of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after one blew off mid-air in early January.

Alaska Airlines resumed flying the Boeing 737 Max 9 following fleet inspections for the first time on Friday after a door plug fell off one of its planes mid-air three weeks ago. Alaska Flight ...

An Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 that made an emergency landing at Portland International Airport on Jan. 5 is parked in Portland, Ore., on Jan. 23. A door plug blew out shortly after the plane took ...

But Alaska Airlines canceled 158 flights on Wednesday at a rate of 24%, per FlightAware. The majority of those were scheduled to be on 737 Max 9 planes, although bad weather has also disrupted ...

Boeing’s 737 Max 9 model returned to service Friday afternoon when Alaska Airlines flight 1146 departed Seattle at approximately 3:51pm local time (6:51pm ET) bound for San Diego.

The first Max 9 to return to the air will be Flight 1146, which will fly from Seattle to San Diego on Friday afternoon. The flight is set to depart at 2:20 p.m. PST, per CBS News.

The CEO of Alaska Airlines said new inspections of the carrier's Boeing 737 Max 9 planes revealed that “many” of the aircraft were found to have loose bolts.

The FAA temporarily grounded about 171 out of 218 Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes used by U.S. airlines after the incident and announced an investigation into Boeing.

Alaska Airlines on Friday returned Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets to flight for the first time since a fuselage panel blew out at 16,000 feet on Jan. 5, starting with a 3:30 p.m. flight from Seattle to San ...

Alaska Airlines on Friday said it has completed inspections on the first group of its Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft, clearing the carrier to put the MAX 9 back in service after an in-flight cabin ...