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Alaska Airlines grounded its 737 MAX 9 planes after part of a fuselage blew off during a flight from Portland Oregon to Ontario, California.
Alaska Airlines grounded its 737 MAX 9 planes after part of a fuselage blew off during a flight from Portland Oregon to Ontario, California.

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  • The FAA announced it's grounding some Boeing 737 planes for inspection.
  • The announcement follows an Alaska Airlines flight losing part of its fuselage in air.
  • The FAA says 171 planes will be grounded and inspections will take around eight hours each.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced on Saturday that it's temporarily grounding some Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after an Alaska Airlines flight's window blew out in the air.

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