Alaska Airlines was forced to cancel 20% of its flights on Monday after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered the grounding of several Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes in response to an ordeal in the air last week that saw a door plug break off mid-flight.
As of Monday morning, the airline had grounded 139 flights, according to tracking site FlightAware.
The airline also canceled 165 flights – or 21% of scheduled departures – on Sunday, which the Seattle-based carrier said affected nearly 25,000 guests.
It is unclear how many passengers will be affected by the latest cancellations.
Alaska Airlines said the cancellations will continue through the first half of this week.
It comes after the FAA on Saturday ordered the temporary grounding of 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes to conduct inspections following the Alaska Airlines air incident.
Alaska Airlines was forced to cancel 20% of its flights on Monday after a gate plug went out last week. NTSB/SWNS The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the grounding of several Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft following the incident, which resulted in Alaska and United canceling hundreds of flights. Reuters
“They will remain on the ground until the FAA is satisfied that they are safe,” the agency said of the affected 737 MAX 9 jets in a statement on Sunday.
Besides Alaska, United Airlines is one of the biggest users of the jet. United had canceled 221 — or 8% — of its scheduled departures by Monday morning, according to FlightAware.
Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was forced to make an emergency landing last Friday when the plane’s door plug broke after takeoff from Portland, Oregon — leaving a gaping hole in the jet’s left side and threatening the safety of the more than 170 people on board. .
Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was forced to make an emergency landing last Friday when the plane’s door plug broke after taking off from Portland, Oregon. NTSB/SWNS
Harrowing accounts have emerged from passengers following the ordeal — including one woman, Emma Vu, who sent her last message to her parents: “Please pray for me. I don’t want to die.”
“The mask has come down. I’m so scared right now,” Vu wrote to his parents in a text he sent in a TikTok video.
The door plug was later found by a Portland school teacher in her backyard, the National Transportation Safety Board said.
“We’re really happy that Bob found this,” said NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy, who would only reveal the educator’s first name. “We’re going to go get it and make sure we start analyzing it.”
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