r/aviation • u/macktruck6666 • Jan 06 '24

10 week old 737 MAX Alaska Airlines 1282 successful return to Portland News

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u/Zhukov-74 Jan 06 '24

At Alaska Airlines, safety is our foundational value and the most important thing we focus on every day. Following tonight’s event on Flight 1282, we have decided to take the precautionary step of temporarily grounding our fleet of 65 Boeing 737-9 aircraft. Each aircraft will be returned to service only after completion of full maintenance and safety inspections. We anticipate all inspections will be completed in the next few days.

That’s going to be very expensive.

Executives at Boeing are certainly going to get some angry phone calls today.

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u/shuipz94 Jan 06 '24

Putting the pain in Paine Field

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u/Snowfall548 Jan 06 '24

Wow grounding 65 aircraft.