LOS ANGELES — Three weeks ago, retirees Joan and Gilbert Marin were traveling home to Riverside aboard a Boeing 737 Max 9 on Alaska Airlines. Most of those planes belong to Alaska Airlines and United Airlines. Alaska’s first Max 9 flight since the blowout departed Friday, landing in San Diego in the early evening. Alaska Airlines announced Friday that it had completed inspections on a first group of Max 9s that were returning to service, starting with Flight 1146 from Seattle to San Diego on Friday afternoon. Both it and Alaska had reported finding loose bolts on Max 9 planes during in-house inspections in the weeks following the Jan. 5 flight.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 27, 2024 18:28 UTC