Boeing 737 Max 9 planes that have passed a new inspection process will be permitted to fly again, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has announced.

Almost 200 aircraft were grounded in early January following a mid-air emergency on an Alaska Airlines flight.

On 5 January, a flight leaving Portland, Oregon had to make an emergency landing after part of the plane — known as a door plug or a fuselage plug — flew off, leaving a gaping hole in the side of the aircraft.

  • Corngood@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    I get why you’d do that for the flight control stuff, but is there a reason to think that the loose-bolts/side-falling-off thing is specific to this plane? It seems like any new Boeing plane would be vulnerable to the same process failures.

    I guess they are 3/4 of the planes Boeing delivers, and the only ones likely to be used short haul.