United, Alaska Find Loose Parts on Some Boeing 737 MAX 9 Jets

United Airlines and Alaska Airlines have found free elements on Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets that they’ve inspected after a near-catastrophe on a flight Friday, signaling Boeing’s points transcend the plane that made an emergency touchdown.

The disclosures got here shortly earlier than investigators on the National Transportation Safety Board mentioned that harmful episode on an Alaska Airlines jet occurred as a result of an emergency exit-sized door plug blew out at round 16,000 ft after in some way shifting off a set of stops which might be designed to maintain it hooked up to the aircraft.