Alaska Air says loose hardware found on some of its 737 MAX 9 fleet By Reuters

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<span>© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX, which was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage, is seen during its investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Portland, </span><br />
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<p>(Reuters) – <span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Corporation"><span itemprop="name"> Alaska Air </span></span> (NYSE:) said on Monday its technicians found some loose hardware in the door plug area on some of its Boeing (NYSE:) 737 MAX 9 fleet.</p>
<p>U.S. regulators grounded 171 MAX 9 planes after a door plug panel blew off an Alaska Airlines-operated flight not long after taking off from a Portland, Oregon, airport on Friday, forcing pilots to scramble to land the plane safely.</p>
<p>“As our maintenance technicians began preparing our 737-9 MAX fleet for inspections, they accessed the area in question,” Alaska Air said, referring to the door plug panel area.</p>
<p>“Initial reports from our technicians indicate some loose hardware was visible on some aircraft.”</p>
<p>Earlier in the day, United Airlines said it had found loose bolts on multiple grounded MAX 9 aircraft, raising new concerns among industry experts about how its best-selling jet family is manufactured. </p>
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