T he Boeing 737 MAX 9 is the largest 737 MAX variant currently in service today, although it will be eclipsed by the 737 MAX ...

Alaska Airlines N704AL, a 737 Max 9, which made an emergency landing at Portland International Airport on January 5 is parked at a maintenance hanger in Portland, Oregon on January 23, 2024.

Alaska Airlines grounded all 65 of its Max 9 jets within hours after one of the two door plugs in the back half of the cabin of flight 1282 blew away while 16,000 feet (about 4,900 meters) above ...

Before the FAA issued its directive, Alaska Airlines earlier said it would ground its fleet of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes. On Saturday, the carrier said 18 of the planes "had in-depth and thorough ...

Alaska Airlines has requested a ground stop for all its mainline aircraft according to an advisory notice by the US Federal ...

Alaska has 64 other Max 9s, and United Airlines owns 79 of them. No other U.S. airlines operate that model. The NTSB said the lost door plug was found Sunday near Portland in the back yard of a home.

A door-sized section near the rear of the Boeing 737-9 Max plane blew off 10 minutes after Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 took off from Portland, Oregon, on January 5, 2024.

Alaska Airlines and Boeing reached an undisclosed settlement with passengers who sued for emotional and physical injuries ...

The board on Tuesday harshly criticised Boeing’s safety culture and its failure to install four key bolts in a new Alaska Airlines MAX 9 during production, as well as the ineffective oversight ...

The US National Transportation Board (NSTB) has released its final report on the January 2024 in-flight depressurisation of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 – an incident that proved tectonic ...

Since then, the FAA was told of other problems on the Max 9. Alaska and United reported finding loose bolts on door plugs that they inspected in some of their other Max 9 jets.

Alaska’s year got off to a dramatic start as a door plug blew off the fuselage of an in-flight 737 Max 9 taking off from Portland on 5 January, leading to the voluntary grounding of its entire ...