FAA grounds 737 MAX 9 fleet following emergency incident

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered the temporary grounding of certain Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft operated by US airlines or in US territory. The FAA took the decision to ground the aircraft type on January 6 following the incident onboard an Alaska Airlines aircraft that lost part of its fuselage, forcing the crew to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, on Friday January 5. The crew had reported a “pressurisation issue” shortly after take-off. Images from social media show a fuselage section missing on the midsection of the plane with oxygen masks deployed. The 737 MAX