Alaska Airlines grounds 737 Max 9 planes after section blows out mid-air
Alaska Airlines says it has returned some of its grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 jets to service after one of its planes lost a section of fuselage mid-flight, BBC reports.
The airline apologised to those affected, saying an inspection found "no concerning findings".
On Friday one of its planes had to make an emergency landing in the US state of Oregon after an outer section of the plane fell off.
The plane, carrying 177 passengers and crew, landed safely in Portland.
Boeing said it was aware of the incident and was "working to gather more information".
The UK Civil Aviation Authority told the BBC it was "monitoring the situation very closely".
Announcing the initial grounding of 65 planes, Alaska Airlines' CEO Ben Minicucci said: "Each aircraft will be returned to service only after completion of full maintenance and safety inspections."
A later statement said that more than a quarter of those plans had been inspected and would return to service as there were no issues found.
The flight to Ontario, California, had reached 16,000ft (4,876m) when it began its emergency descent, according to flight tracking data.
