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Alaska Airlines grounds 737 Max 9 planes after section blows out mid-air (www.bbc.com)

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The Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 turned back minutes into its flight to California after an outer section, including a window, fell off on Friday.

Announcing the grounding of the 65 planes, Alaska Airlines' CEO Ben Minicucci said: "Each aircraft will be returned to service only after completion of full maintenance and safety inspections."

Flydubai told the BBC that its three Boeing 737 Max 9 had a "different configuration with mid-aft cabin exits" compared to the Alaska Airline planes and have completed recent safety checks.

Aviation expert John Strickland said the Alaska Airlines incident was very different to those crashes, adding that since the 737 Max came back into service it had "an enormous safety record".

More recently, Boeing said it would increase the pace of 737 Max deliveries after resolving a supply error that required it to conduct lengthy inspections of new planes and its inventory, Reuters news agency reported.

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