After the Alaska Airlines crash, the US Federal Aviation Administration ordered an inspection of 170 Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft.

The US aviation safety regulator made the order on Saturday Immediate inspection of approximately 170 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft After the window pane of an Alaska Airlines flight shattered after takeoff.

Federal Aviation Administration “Certain Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft require immediate inspection before they can fly again,” The reviews will affect about 171 aircraft and last between four and eight hours per plane, the regulator said in a statement on X.

Alaska Airlines Its all frozen Boeing 737-9 Friday night, after hours One of the planes lost a window and a piece of fuselage mid-flight forces him to do it Emergency landing in Portland, Oregon.

The incident occurred shortly after take-off and The hole caused cabin depressurization. Flight data showed the plane reached 16,000 feet (4,876 m) before returning to Portland International Airport.

The airline said The plane landed with 174 passengers and six crew members.

“After what happened on Flight 1282 tonight, we’ve decided to take over A precautionary measure to temporarily ground our fleet of 65 Boeing 737-9sCompany CEO Ben Minicucci said in a statement.

The airline did not immediately say whether anyone was injured in the incident or what caused it.

According to flight tracking data from the FlightAware website, the plane diverted about six minutes after takeoff at 5:07 p.m. It landed again at 17:26.

According to a recording on the LiveATC.net website, the pilot told air traffic controllers in Portland that the plane had experienced an emergency, decompressed and had to return to the airport.

A passenger sent a photo to KATU-TV showing a large hole. On the side of the aircraft next to the passenger seats. A video shared by the network shows people wearing oxygen masks and passengers clapping as they touch down.

The National Transportation Safety Board explained in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that it is investigating what happened during the flight and will provide more information when it becomes available. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also announced an investigation.

He Boeing 737-9 MAX The man involved in the accident left the assembly line and received his safety certification just two months ago, according to FAA online records.

The plane has made 145 flights since entering commercial service on November 11, notes FlightRadar24, another tracking service. It was his third one-day trip to Portland.

Boeing said it was aware of the incident and was working to gather more information in addition to indicating a willingness to support the investigation.

The MAX is the latest version of the sensitive Boeing 737, a twin-engine, single-wing plane commonly used on domestic flights in the United States. This model entered service in May 2017.

Two Max 8 crashes in 2018 and 2019 killed 346, causing that model and the Max 9 to be suspended from flying for nearly two years. They returned to service after Boeing made changes to the automated flight control system involved in the crash.

Last year, the FAA asked MAX pilots to limit use of the anti-icing system in dry conditions because the valves around the engine could overheat and dislodge, potentially crashing the plane itself.

Deliveries of the Max have been paused on several occasions to resolve manufacturing errors. In December, the company asked airlines to inspect equipment for possible loose screws in the rudder control system.

With information from A.P