Many airlines grounded Boeing 737 MAX 9 due to the impact of the door falling off incident

News from this site on January 7, according to Reuters, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has adopted the US Federal Aviation Administration’s directive on the Boeing 737 MAX 9 passenger aircraft. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency also pointed out that no EU member state airlines currently "operate aircraft with the affected configuration."

In addition, Copa Airlines, Aeromexico and Turkish Airlines all announced the grounding inspection of their Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft, with the number of affected aircraft being 21, 19 and 5 respectively. shelf. Currently, all 737 MAX aircraft operated by airlines in my country are 737 MAX 8, and there are no 737 MAX 9 aircraft.

According to previous reports on this site, on the evening of January 5, local time, an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 aircraft flew from the left shortly after takeoff. The side, center and rear emergency hatch suddenly detached from the fuselage, causing the cabin to instantly depressurize and all the oxygen masks to fall off.

Alaska Airlines subsequently announced that it would temporarily ground its fleet of 65 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft as a precaution. Each aircraft can only return to flight after completing comprehensive maintenance and safety inspections, all of which are expected to be completed in the coming days.

Early this morning (January 7), The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also ordered airlines to ground Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft and conduct safety inspections of the aircraft. According to reports, this emergency airworthiness directive will affect approximately 171 aircraft.

In response, Boeing responded that the company deeply regrets the impact this incident has had on its customers and passengers, and agrees with and fully supports the Federal Aviation Administration’s request to immediately inspect aircraft with the same configuration as the affected aircraft. Boeing 737 MAX 9 model decision.

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