The US airline regulator has ordered the grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jets after part of one plane fell off during an Alaska Airlines flight.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the inspections would affect 171 planes.
On Friday the Alaska Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after take-off from the US state of Oregon.
On Friday the Alaska Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after take-off from the US state of Oregon.
Removing some of the aircraft from service was expected to cause about 60 cancellations on Saturday, the airline said in a statement.
Earlier, the FAA said it would “order the temporary grounding of certain Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft operated by US airlines or in US territory”.
Required inspections would take around four to eight hours per aircraft, it said.
Turkish Airlines has also recalled its five planes of that model for checks.
In Friday’s incident, the Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California, had reached 16,000ft (4,876m) when it began its emergency descent, according to flight tracking data.
The US airline regulator has ordered the grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jets after part of one plane fell off during an Alaska Airlines flight.
On Friday the Alaska Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after take-off from the US state of Oregon.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the inspections would affect 171 planes.
Removing some of the aircraft from service was expected to cause about 60 cancellations on Saturday, the airline said in a statement.
On Friday the Alaska Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after take-off from the US state of Oregon.
On Friday the Alaska Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after take-off from the US state of Oregon.
Removing some of the aircraft from service was expected to cause about 60 cancellations on Saturday, the airline said in a statement.
Earlier, the FAA said it would “order the temporary grounding of certain Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft operated by US airlines or in US territory”.
Required inspections would take around four to eight hours per aircraft, it said.
Turkish Airlines has also recalled its five planes of that model for checks.
In Friday’s incident, the Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California, had reached 16,000ft (4,876m) when it began its emergency descent, according to flight tracking data.
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