On January 6th local time, the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States ordered a temporary suspension of Boeing 737MAX9 aircraft operated by American airlines or within the United States. This emergency airworthiness directive will affect approximately 171 aircraft. On January 7th, Southern Metropolitan Daily reported from the Federal Aviation Administration that on October 25th, 2023, the aircraft involved in the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 incident had just been granted an airworthiness certificate.
Alaska Airlines has made an emergency landing on a flight.
According to previous reports from Southern Metropolis Daily, on the afternoon of January 5th local time, an Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon. A window and part of the fuselage were missing, and the aircraft was a Boeing 737MAX9.
The Southern Metropolitan Daily reporter learned from the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States that on October 25, 2023, the aircraft in question had just been granted an airworthiness certificate. Boeing stated that it has taken note of the incident involving Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 and is working to gather more information and contact the airline. The Boeing technical team is ready to support the investigation at any time.
On the 6th local time, Alaska Airlines announced on its official social media account that the company has decided to temporarily suspend 65 Boeing 737MAX9 aircraft.
Subsequently, the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States ordered a temporary suspension of Boeing 737MAX9 aircraft operated by American airlines or within the United States to conduct safety checks on the aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States stated that this emergency airworthiness directive will affect approximately 171 aircraft, and operators are required to inspect the aircraft in accordance with the directive before resuming flights.
According to Boeing China, the maximum passenger capacity of the 737MAX9 is 220 people. On April 13, 2017 local time, the Boeing 737MAX9 aircraft successfully completed its maiden flight in Seattle.
The Boeing 737MAX series aircraft models have been embroiled in multiple controversies. On October 29, 2018, an Indonesian Lion Air Boeing 737MAX8 crashed 13 minutes after takeoff from Jakarta, killing 189 people on board. In less than half a year, on March 10, 2019, Ethiopian Airlines ET302 flight carrying 157 people crashed 6 minutes after takeoff, with the same aircraft type as 737MAX8. After the accident, the Civil Aviation Administration of China decisively grounded the 737MAX8, which was subsequently grounded worldwide.
On December 29, 2023, Southern Metropolitan Daily learned from the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States that on December 28 local time, after consultation with the Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing issued a message to multiple operators requesting airlines to inspect all of its 737MAX jet aircraft to determine if there was any hardware that could loosen the specific lever controlling rudder movement.