Safety checks on some Boeing jets hit a snag over paperwork on Sunday, as U.S. authorities searched for a missing panel that blew off a new Boeing (BA) 737 MAX 9 jet in midair on Friday, Reuters’ David Shepardson, Valerie Insinna and Tim Hepher report. The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday ordered the temporary grounding of 171 Boeing jets installed with the same panel after the eight-week-old Alaska Airlines (ALK) jet was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage, the authors note. “They will remain grounded until the FAA is satisfied that they are safe,” the agency said in a statement on Sunday.
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