Alaskan Airlines Grounds All Boeing 737-9 Max Planes

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Alaskan Airlines has grounded its fleet of Boeing 737-9 Max airplanes after a window and part of the fuselage blew out mid-flight. According to the article on CNN:

Alaska Airlines has temporarily grounded its fleet of Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft after one of its planes made an emergency landing in Oregon on Friday, officials said – an incident that a passenger says involved a section of the plane blowing out in flight.

Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which was headed from Portland to Ontario, California, returned safely to Portland International Airport around 5 p.m. PT after “the crew reported a pressurization issue,” the Federal Aviation Administration said.

A panel of the fuselage, including the panel’s window, popped off shortly after takeoff, passenger Kyle Rinker told CNN.

A passenger video briefly shows the extent of the damage. In the video the passengers appear calm and the flight safely made an emergency landing in Portland after having climbed to 16000 feet.