Which Boeing Max planes fly in Australia and should I be worried about flying on one?

Plastic on the fuselage of the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 forced to make an emergency landing when a panel plugging an unused exit door blew out. Photograph: Getty Images

Questions about the safety of Boeing’s newest planes are mounting after the latest grounding of its jets, and while no airlines operate them to Australia, models from the same controversy-plagued generation of aircraft are already in local skies.

The latest saga surrounding Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft began last week, when an Alaska Airlines Max 9 was forced to make an emergency landing back at Portland airport because a panel plugging an unused exit door blew out minutes after takeoff.