Boeing faces new questions about the 737 Max after a plane suffers a gaping hole in its side

AP)—The emergency landing of a Boeing 737 Max jetliner with a gaping hole in its side is renewing safety concerns about the planes and creating new headaches for Boeing.

FILE – Alaska Airlines planes are shown parked at gates at sunrise, March 1, 2021, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, after a window and chunk of its fuselage blew out in mid-air, media reports said. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

A window panel blew out Friday on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 Max just after takeoff from Portland, Oregon. Miraculously none of the 180 passengers and crew were hurt.

Hours after the terrifying incident, Alaska Airlines announced that it would ground its entire fleet of 65 Max 9s for inspections. A slightly smaller version of the Max was involved in crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019.

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