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William Mata and Anthony France

US airline regulator grounds 171 Boeing planes after mid-flight blowout

Officials ordered the immediate grounding of Boeing 737-9 Max jets after an Alaska Airlines plane suffered a blowout that left a gaping hole in the side of the fuselage on Saturday.

Inspections will affect about 171 airplanes worldwide and take around four to eight hours each, The Federal Aviation Administration said.

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