Grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 planes can return to service after inspection, says FAA
by Callum Jones in New York and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#6J3KP)
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved an inspection and maintenance process to allow grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 planes to return to service, following a cabin panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight.
The exhaustive, enhanced review our team completed after several weeks of information gathering gives me and the FAA confidence to proceed to the inspection and maintenance phase," FAA administrator Mike Whitaker said in a statement.
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