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US Opens Safety Probe Into Boeing After Alaska Airlines Incident

US safety regulators announced a probe into Boeing following a mid-air incident on an Alaska Airlines jet (Credit: AFP)

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Thursday it is launching a safety probe into Boeing following last week's near-catastrophic incident on an Alaska Airlines-operated 737 MAX.

"This incident should have never happened and it cannot happen again," the FAA said in a statement, after a panel known as a "door plug" blew out of the plane over the western US state of Oregon.

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