A total of 197 Boeing planes worldwide have been temporarily grounded after a chunk of fuselage dramatically blew out of a brand-new passenger jet in mid-air. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
US regulators say immediate inspections are needed after an Alaska Airlines plane suffered a cabin emergency shortly after take-off on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Photos showed a gaping hole in the side of the Boeing 737-9 MAX – and although the jet landed safely with more than 170 passengers and six crew in Oregon, phones and a boy’s shirt were sucked out of the plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A number of airlines have now temporarily suspended multiple aircraft while the issue is investigated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
United Airlines and Alaska Airlines have grounded 79 and 65 planes respectively, and made dozens of cancellations. They say it could be days until grounded planes return to service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Latin American carriers have also been affected with Copa Airlines grounding 29 planes while a further 19 have been temporarily taken out of service by Aeromexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five aircraft belonging to Turkish Airlines are also being examined as a precaution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It takes up to eight hours to inspect each aircraft, and the Federal Aviation Administration has warned more action may be taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Flydubai has three Boeing 737-9 MAX planes in its fleet but these will continue to carry passengers as they are not affected by the door plug issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, investigators are hunting for the fuselage that blew off the Alaska Airlines aircraft, and believe it is in a small suburb of Portland called Cedar Hills. Anyone who finds it is being urged to contact the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jennifer Homendy, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, told reporters that “we are very lucky” that the accident wasn’t far worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She revealed no one was sitting in the seats immediately next to the fuselage – and because the plane had not reached cruising altitude, passengers and crew were not moving around the cabin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Warning “there is a lot of work to do”, she stressed: “We have the safest aviation system in the world. It is incredibly safe. We are the global gold standard for safety around the world, but we have to maintain that standard.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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