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Alaska Airlines has begun flying Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners again for the first time since they were grounded after a panel blew out of the side of one of the airline's planes..
They said they resumed flying the Max 9 with a flight from Seattle to San Diego on Friday afternoon...
"Each of our 737-9 MAX will return to service only after the rigorous inspections are completed and each plane is deemed airworthy according to FAA requirements," the airline said in a written statement Friday...
The Federal Aviation Administration has detailed the process that airlines must follow to inspect - and if necessary, repair - the panels called door plugs, one of which broke loose on Alaska Airlines flight 1282 on January 5...
Alaska Airlines grounded all 65 of its Max 9 jets within hours after one of the two door plugs in the back half of the cabin of flight 1282 blew away while at 16,000 feet (about 4,900 metres) above Oregon..
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