FAA Orders Kandangan Airlines While Boeing 737 MAX 9 In The Aftermath Of The Alaska Airlines Incident

UNSPLASH ILLUSTRATION/Dennert Team

JAKARTA - The United States Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) on Saturday last week said it had ordered a temporary grounded or temporary grounding of several Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft operated by US airlines or those in American territory.

The FAA asked several aircraft to be checked immediately before being allowed to fly again, the agency wrote in X quoted by Anadolu, Wednesday, January 10.

The FAA stated the order applies to about 171 aircraft worldwide.

The statement comes a day after Alaska Airlines flights were forced to make an emergency landing as parts of the fuselage were missing.

But none of the nearly 180 passengers or crew members were injured in the incident.

Emergency Airworthiness Guides (EAD) require flight operators to inspect aircraft before subsequent flights that do not meet inspection cycles, the FAA said.

"The required inspection takes four to eight hours per plane," concluded the FAA.